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TOP OF THE AGENDA RFK Jr grilled on Covid, vaccines, and past comments at heated Senate hearing

Kennedy repeatedly clashed with Democratic and Republican lawmakers as they quizzed him on his vaccine stances. Credit: Reuters In a fiery Senate hearing, RFK Jr has defended his seven months in office. When questioned about turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - the US government's public health agency - the health secretary said a recent overhaul, which saw him fire top advisors and employees, was "absolutely necessary", and that the agency "failed miserably during Covid". He also branded false a claim from the CDC's former chief that he told her to sign off on vaccine recommendations that didn't have a scientific basis. Kennedy also said that he doesn't know "how many died" in the US from Covid - my colleagues at BBC Verify have looked at the numbers.

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