HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. rejected claims made by the former head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who said Kennedy asked her to approve vaccine recommendations even if they didn’t align with scientific evidence.

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., pointed to a Wall Street Journal op-ed written by Susan Monarez, who was ousted as the CDC director last month . In it, she said she was fired because she “held the line and insisted on rigorous scientific review.”

“Did you in fact do what Director Monarez said you did, which is tell her to just go along with vaccine recommendations even if she didn’t think such recommendations aligned with scientific evidence?” Wyden asked.

“No, I did not say that to her. And I never had a private meeting with her. There are other witnesses

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