US EditionCDC director Susan Monarez is out after less than a month on the job and other agency leaders resign
Susan Monarez was removed from CDC leadership amid disputes over vaccine policies and budget cuts, prompting resignations of three top officials and raising concerns about agency morale.
- Wednesday, CDC Director Susan Monarez was reported to be ousted after less than a month, with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services posting she 'is no longer director' while her lawyers said she has not resigned or been notified of firing.
- HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pressed Susan Monarez about limiting COVID-19 vaccine eligibility and panel changes, and The Washington Post reported she was given the option to resign or be fired.
- At the same time, at least four senior CDC officials, including Dr. Debra Houry and Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, resigned following the Aug. 8 deadly shooting at the CDC campus in Atlanta, Georgia.
- The removal left the agency again without stable leadership, and experts warned the departures weaken the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's ability to protect Americans.
- Those developments come amid broader moves that include the Trump administration's nearly 40% CDC budget cut for 2026 and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s announcement of FDA revoking COVID-19 vaccine emergency use authorization Wednesday.
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Once again, a top official has been forced to resign on the orders of the US President: This time, it's Monarez, the head of the CDC. She served for less than a month and refuses to accept her dismissal.
The head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is being fired after a vaccine row with Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy. At the time, she openly opposed the decision. Now more heads are leaving the agency in protest against the Trump administration.
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White House fires US health agency head after she refused to quit
The Trump administration confirmed Wednesday it was firing the head of the top US public health agency after she refused to step down during a stand-off with vaccine skeptic Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
CDC chief refuses to step down, accuses RFK Jr. of 'weaponizing public health'
Susan Monarez, who has been director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for less than a month, has 'neither resigned nor received notification from the White House that she has been fired,' her lawyers said in a statement to AFP.
‘The modern flat-Earth society’: Rep. Khanna takes aim at Trump’s CDC
Rep. Ro Khanna and Dr. Ashish Jha, who served as the White House Covid-19 response coordinator during the Biden administration, join MSNBC’s Ali Velshi to discuss what Dr. Jha calls the “wholesale destruction of the CDC” after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. goes after the head of the nation’s public health agency, CDC Director Dr. Susan Monarez.
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