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RFK Jr. says NIH cuts are 'painful,' defends firing of former CDC director

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In a tense congressional hearing, the health secretary also said he bore no responsibility for the measles outbreak in the United States.

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says NIH cuts are 'painful,' defends firing of former CDC director.

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was pressed on cuts to the National Institutes of Health, vaccine messaging and the firing of the former director of the CDC during a hearing on Tuesday.

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