By MIKE STOBBE, Associated Press Medical Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is to appear before a congressional committee Thursday, where he is expected to face questions about turmoil at federal health agencies.

The U.S. Senate Finance Committee has called Kennedy to a hearing about his plans to — according to Kennedy’s slogan — “Make America Healthy Again.”

But the health secretary is expected to face questions about layoffs and planned budget cuts that detractors say is wrecking the nation’s ability to prevent disease.

That may include having Kennedy speak to the events of last week, when the Trump administration fired the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention less than a month into her tenure.

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