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CDC director nominee grilled on vaccines, public health in confirmation hearing
The Wednesday confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump's pick for the director of Centers for Disease Control and ...
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Trump’s pick to run CDC ratifies importance of vaccines as RFK Jr. moves to limit access
Susan Monarez, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, on Wednesday backed up the ...
The woman who could impede RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine agenda
Susan Monarez might end up being one of the most important people in President Donald Trump’s administration. As acting ...
Trump’s CDC pick treads carefully in Senate debut
Susan Monarez, a longtime federal health official nominated by President Trump to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), faced senators in a confirmation hearing Wednesday, ...
RFK Jr. and vaccines loom over Senate confirmation hearing for CDC director
Kennedy Jr.’s views on vaccines loomed over Susan Monarez’s Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday to be the next director of ...
CDC nominee Susan Monarez sidesteps questions about disagreements with RFK in Senate hearing
In the two-hour hearing, Monarez was sharply questioned about Kennedy’s recent move to fire all 17 members of a crucial ...
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Senator Murray presses new CDC Chair appointee in HELP Committee on vaccines
WASHINGTON DC- Senator Patty Murray in the Senate HELP committee hearing on the nomination for director of the CDC questioned ...
CDC staff and retired workers call for Kennedy's resignation in a protest outside headquarters
The demonstration came a day after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gutted a federal vaccine safety panel and vowed to replace all its members.
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CDC immunization advisory panel endorses Merck's new RSV shot, but not without dissent
The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has blessed Merck’s new respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) shot ...