CDC Director Dr. Susan Monarez is being ousted just weeks into her
tenure, sources say, and other officials follow
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Shortly after her departure was confirmed Wednesday, three other top
CDC officials also announced that they were leaving.
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Former CDC Principal Deputy Director Dr. Nirav Shah said Wednesday
that Monarez's ouster "is another example of the chaotic leadership
we've seen under Secretary Kennedy, and in times of increasing public
health threats, stable leadership matters."

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/27/health/cdc-director-monarez


Caroline Kennedy calls her cousin, RFK, Jr., a 'predator' - NPR
Jan 28, 2025


HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is who she is referring to...

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On Wed, 27 Aug 2025 18:47:59 -0500, JAB <[email protected]d> wrote:

CDC Director Dr. Susan Monarez is being ousted just weeks into her
tenure, sources say, and other officials follow

White House Says New C.D.C. Director Is Fired, but She Refuses to
Leave
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The White House said late Wednesday that it had fired Susan Monarez,
the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
after a tense confrontation in which Health Secretary Robert F.
Kennedy Jr. tried to remove her from her position. A lawyer for Dr.
Monarez said in response that she was refusing to step down.
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Because Dr. Monarez has been confirmed by the Senate -- previous
C.D.C. directors were not subject to such confirmation -- she serves
at the pleasure of the president, and Mr. Kennedy likely did not have
the authority to dismiss her.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/health/cdc-monarez-kennedy-vaccines.html

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Why RFK Jr. just broke the CDC

It's a fight over who gets to define "public health."
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The final straw came yesterday when the Food and Drug Administration
announced limited approval of new Covid vaccines updated to better
match the variants currently circulating. The FDA approved the new
shots -- but only for the elderly and people who are at higher risk
because of underlying health conditions. The vaccines had previously
been approved for all Americans 6 months of age and older. The CDC
would have been expected to make new Covid vaccine recommendations
that matched the FDA's narrower approval, excluding healthy adults,
pregnant women, and children -- but, according to the New York Times,
Monarez refused to commit to that policy in a private meeting with
Kennedy

https://www.vox.com/health/459768/trump-cdc-director-monarez-robert-kennedy-jr

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The newly ousted director of the CDC refused to fire top agency
leaders or approve changes to vaccines from RFK Jr.'s hand-picked
panel of advisers.

https://bsky.app/profile/politico.com/post/3lxhrhl55ak26

My, my, RFK Jr. is a control freak....without a medical degree.

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OCDC employees walk out to rally in support of ousted leaders

Sen. Bill Cassidy called for "oversight" at the chaotic agency and for
an upcoming vaccine advisory meeting to be postponed.

Hundreds of employees and supporters of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention lined the sidewalks outside the agency's
Atlanta headquarters Thursday for a "clap out" rally to honor three
senior leaders who resigned a day earlier in protest of Health and
Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s anti-vaccine attacks
on the agency and public health at large.

https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/cdc-employees-walkout-rally-rfk-jr-vaccines-rcna227858

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