Five takeaways as RFK Jr. battles GOP, Democratic senators on CDC, vaccines

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended his tenure arsenic the nation’s apical wellness authoritative during a contentious Senate proceeding Thursday, snapping backmost astatine lawmakers who pressed him connected caller upheaval astatine the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and changes to vaccine policy.  During astir 3 hours of testimony, the Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary…