RFK Jr. Faces Combative Questioning Over CDC Turmoil, Vaccines

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  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faces questions about turmoil at the CDC during a contentious Senate hearing.

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  And why a growing number of companies are deciding it's time to break up.

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  then they're forced to really sit down with their bankers and financial advisors and draw up kind of other plans to ignite growth on their own.

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  It's Thursday, September 4th.

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  I'm Alex Ocilla for The Wall Street Journal.

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  This is the PM edition of What's News,

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  the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.

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  Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s expansive moves to remake American healthcare were dissected by a skeptical Senate committee today.

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  Republicans and Democrats alike questioned his firing of experts on a key immunization panel and the cancellation of $500 million of government contracts to develop messenger RNA vaccines to prepare for pandemics.

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  They also questioned him over last week's ouster of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Menares.

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  In his opening statement, Kennedy defended his actions.

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  Finally, I would like to address the reasons Jacob said CDC.

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  These changes were absolutely necessary adjustments to restore the agency to its role as the world's gold standard public health agency.

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  Kennedy is aiming to radically remake the nation's top public health agency,

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  while some Senate Democrats,

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  as well as current and former CDC employees, have called on him to resign.

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  Sabrina Siddiqui, who covers national politics for the journal, joins me now.

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  Sabrina, what was the tone of this hearing?

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