Kennedy allies take aim at Monarez

Republican allies of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attacked former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez during a Senate Health Committee hearing on Wednesday about the agency’s leadership. Several GOP senators questioned Monarez sharply about her willingness to reconsider vaccine guidance. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), an ophthalmologist, led the way, pressing Monarez on the Covid-19 shot’s efficacy in children under 18 and the need for newborns to receive the hepatitis B vaccine when their mothers aren’t infected. “The burden is upon you, and the people you wouldn’t fire to prove to us that we need to...