CDC official overseeing COVID hospitalization data resigns after RFK Jr.'s vaccine orders
- Dr. Fiona Havers, who led CDC's surveillance of COVID-19 and RSV hospitalizations, resigned on Monday in protest of changes to vaccine recommendations.
- Her resignation followed Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s unprecedented firing of all 17 Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices members last week and replacement with allies and vaccine critics.
- Havers expressed in an email to colleagues doubt that data would be used objectively or with proper scientific rigor to guide vaccine policy decisions under the new leadership.
- A researcher described her departure as the latest dismantling of CDC expertise, and Kennedy said his handpicked panel is committed to ‘‘gold-standard science’’ to restore public trust.
- The new committee is scheduled to meet next week to vote on updated COVID-19 and RSV vaccine recommendations, illustrating ongoing shifts in CDC vaccine policymaking.
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CDC Virus Expert Quits After RFK Jr. Purge
“A senior scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who oversaw respiratory virus surveillance has resigned and raised concerns about the future of vaccine policy as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. upends the agency’s long-standing approach to immuniza
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Dr. Fiona Havers, a U.S. government scientist overseeing COVID-19 and RSV data, resigned, citing concerns over misuse of data by the Trump administration. Following Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr.'s dismissal of the CDC's vaccine advisory panel, Havers questioned the objectivity of future vaccine policies.
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