RFK Jr. to appear before Congress amid turmoil at CDC

U S Strength Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr will appear before a congressional committee Thursday where he s expected to face questions about turmoil at federal robustness agencies The U S Senate Finance Committee has called Kennedy to a hearing about his plans to Make America Healthy Again But the robustness secretary is expected to face questions about layoffs and planned budget cuts that detractors say are wrecking the nation s ability to prevent disorder Kennedy in recent days fired Susan Monarez a longtime regime scientist he installed as the CDC director for less than a month and has sought to reshape the nation s vaccine policies to match his long-standing suspicions about the safety and effectiveness of long-established shots High-ranking Democrat says RFK Jr must answer to the masses In a report last week U S Sen Ron Wyden of Oregon the highest ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee mentioned It is more imperative than ever that Kennedy answer to the society and their representatives about the chaos confusion and harm his actions are inflicting on American families Kennedy s track record as vitality secretary In May Kennedy a longtime leader in the anti-vaccine movement released COVID- vaccines would no longer be recommended for healthy children and pregnant women a move opposed by diagnostic and residents medical groups In June he abruptly disbanded a panel of experts that had been advising the ruling body on vaccine framework He replaced them with a handpicked group that included several vaccine skeptics and then shut the door to several doctors groups that had long helped form the committee s recommendations