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Aug 28 from https://arstechnica.com/

CDC director has been ousted just weeks after Senate confirmation

Just weeks after being confirmed by the Senate, Susan Monarez has been ousted from the now thoroughly battered public health agency. The news was first reported by The Washington Post, which cited multiple officials within the Trump administration. After Ars Technica contacted the Department of Health and Human Services for confirmation of the ouster, HHS responded with a link to a post on...

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Aug 28 from https://www.nytimes.com/section/technology

RFK Jr. Sought to Fire CDC Director Susan Monarez Over Vaccine Policy

The White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said Mr. Trump had fired Dr. Monarez. “The secretary asked her to resign,” Ms. Leavitt said. “She said she would, and then she said she wouldn’t, so the president fired her, which he has every right to do.” Lawyers for Dr. Monarez insisted that, because she had been confirmed by the Senate and served at the pleasure of the president, she...

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Aug 27 from https://daringfireball.net/

CDC Director Susan Monarez Is Fired, White House Says

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. Dr. Monarez, an infectious disease researcher, was sworn in just...

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