Health

The CDC’s vaccine advisers are weighing controversial proposals to scale back recommendations for COVID-19, hepatitis B, and chickenpox vaccines. Supporters call it a recalibration of public health policy, while critics warn it could limit access and erode decades of disease prevention progress.

Former CDC Director Susan Monarez alleges she was fired after refusing to “preapprove” vaccine recommendations pushed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Her testimony before the Senate highlights a growing clash between science and politics, with profound implications for vaccine policy and public trust.