Fired US Health Agency Chief Testifies On Pressure To 'Replace Evidence With Ideology'

Fuente: International Business Times

Fired CDC director Susan Monarez said she was asked to approve changes to vaccine policy not supported by scientific evidence AFP The ex-chief of the US disease prevention agency told senators Wednesday she was fired for refusing to approve changes to childhood vaccine schedules not backed by scientific evidence, as the Trump administration moves to dismantle longstanding healthy policy. The high-profile testimony follows last month's abrupt ouster of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention head Susan Monarez, who told lawmakers on the Senate Health Committee that US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.