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RFK Jr. Intensifies Attack on CDC as Resignations and Walkout Follow Contested Firing

Public-health leaders warn that politics is overruling science at the nation’s top health agency.

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Former Centers for Disease Control officials Dan Jernigan, Deb Houry and Demetre Daskalakis smile as employees and supporters of the CDC line up outside its global headquarters on August 28 in Atlanta. The three officials were honored after resigning in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump's attempted firing of CDC director Susan Monarez. (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)
Donald Trump chose the notorious vaccine sceptic Robert F Kennedy Jr as US Secretary of Health and Human Services (Photo: Jim Watson/ AFP)

Overview

  • the White House said it removed CDC Director Susan Monarez, a move she is contesting through counsel.
  • senior leaders Demetre Daskalakis, Deb Houry and Daniel Jernigan resigned, and CDC employees staged a walkout at the Atlanta headquarters on Aug. 28.
  • on Fox News, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wrongly claimed the CDC lists abortion among top medical advances, a statement news outlets refuted after reviewing the agency’s materials.
  • kennedy criticized the agency’s COVID-era decisions on testing, masking and school closures, and he declined to discuss the personnel dispute, citing policy on human-resources matters.
  • news coverage attributes recent shifts in CDC vaccine guidance and new limits on access to updated COVID-19 boosters to his leadership.