White House fires CDC director Monarez after she refuses to resign; 4 top health officials quit

At CDC, Worries Mount That Agency Has Taken Anti-Science Turn

Public health and access to lifesaving vaccines are on the line in a high-stakes leadership battle at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s push to fire CDC director Susan Monarez is more than an administrative shake-up. The firing marks a major offensive by Kennedy to seize control of the agency and impose an anti-vaccine, anti-science agenda that will have profound effects o…

DeLauro calls for RFK Jr.’s firing amid ouster of CDC director

U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro called for the firing of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services this week.

Wednesday night massacre at CDC: Resignations, walkout, and a showdown over vaccine policy

After the removal of Director Susan Monarez, top CDC officials resign and staff walk out as RFK Jr.’s HHS faces bipartisan alarm.

Coffee Break: CDC and Acceleration of the Doom Loop

Part the First and Only on this Friday Afternoon: One More Revolution of the Accelerating Doom Loop of Science. The following is an update to our previous discussion earlier this week.  As everyone should know by now, the Secretary of Health and Human Services has fired the Director of the Centers for Disease Control, Dr. […]

CDC tumult plunges public health world into 'uncharted waters'

The sudden departures of five top officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has rocked the public health community, with leading experts and organizations warning it may leave the United States unprepared for future outbreaks and pandemics.  In a single day, four key leaders of the CDC announced they would step down from their positions, following the ouster of CDC Director Susan Monarez, just weeks after her confirmation…

Protesters Rally at CDC: 'Let's Get the Politics Out of Public Health'

The White House has tapped Jim O'Neill, a deputy of health and human services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and a longtime vaccine skeptic, to become the new acting director of the CDC after Susan Monarez was fired weeks into the job. Current employees rallied outside the agency’s headquarters in Atlanta to cheer on four leaders who resigned in protest. NBC’s Gabe Gutierrez reports for TODAY.