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HHS Sec. RFK Jr. defends shakeup at CDC as 'absolutely necessary'

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. addressed recent staff turmoil at the CDC, saying the agency needed "new blood" and criticized its response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

"We need unbiased, politics-free, transparent, evidence-based science in the public interest."

Follow live updates from his hearing before the Senate Finance Committee

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