Senators Grill CDC Director Nominee On Vaccine Stance In Hearing

Senator Bernie Sanders, an Independent from Vermont and ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, during a confirmation hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, July 15, 2026. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director nominee said she accepts the scientific evidence vaccines don't cause autism, in a confirmation hearing with US senators that focused largely on whether she'd push back on political pressure to promote anti-vaccine views. Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images