• Monarez says Kennedy demanded pre-approval for vaccine decisions
  • Former CDC director appearing before Senate HELP Committee
  • Kennedy replaced vaccine advisers with anti-vaccine activists
  • Kennedy criticism grows after Monarez firing, CDC resignations

WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Former U.S. CDC Director Susan Monarez told a Senate panel on Wednesday that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. required her to seek her own political staff’s approval for her policy and personnel decisions before ultimately firing her.