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Over 1,000 HHS Employees Urge RFK Jr. to Resign

The petition argues the ouster of CDC Director Susan Monarez exemplifies policy changes that compromise public health.

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President Donald Trump (R) listens as Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at an event on "Making Health Technology Great Again," in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. on July 30, 2025.
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Overview

  • Save HHS released an open letter with 1,040 signatures from current and former HHS staff, sending it to key congressional committees overseeing health policy.
  • The letter asks President Donald Trump and Congress to appoint a new health secretary if Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declines to step down.
  • Signatories cite the removal of all 17 ACIP members, installation of vaccine-skeptic advisers, cuts to mRNA research, and new limits on COVID-19 vaccine access as evidence of a break from established science.
  • HHS Communications Director Andrew Nixon defended the reforms as necessary to fix a “broken” CDC, and Kennedy argued in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that his changes are intended to restore public trust.
  • The appeal follows an Aug. 8 shooting at CDC headquarters and an earlier staff safety plea, comes as nine former CDC directors voiced alarm, and precedes Kennedy’s scheduled Senate Finance appearance on Thursday.