US senators pit Kennedy against Trump on vaccine policy

Summary Republican Senator Cassidy contrasts Kennedy's anti-vaccine stance with Trump's 2020 COVID vaccine initiative Kennedy defends firing CDC Director Monarez, vaccine policy changes Democrats, medical groups call for health secretary's resignation WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Democrats and Republicans pushed U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy's Jr. on his recent vaccine policies and their stark contrast to President Donald Trump's successful first-term pandemic initiative to speed vaccine development during a combative three-hour Senate hearing on Thursday. Half a dozen heated exchanges focused on the details of his decision to fire Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez, who...