WASHINGTON, April 21 (Reuters) – U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Tuesday he vetted Erica Schwartz’s position on vaccines before she was nominated to run the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. Kennedy, testifying before the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, said he had not spoken to Trump directly before […]
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Kennedy says he vetted CDC nominee Schwartz on vaccines
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WASHINGTON, April 21 (Reuters) – U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Tuesday he vetted Erica Schwartz’s position on vaccines before she was nominated to run the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention.
Kennedy, testifying before the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, said he had not spoken to Trump directly before the president nominated Schwartz.
(Reporting by Ahmed Aboulenein in Washington, writing by Michael Erman)