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The real-time collapse of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has picked up the pace. Following the government’s attempted firing and pressuring of several senior CDC officials to step down this week, CDC staff staged a dramatic display of support for its departing leaders this afternoon. The action was a direct response to the Trump administration’s recent meddling at the once...
Continue Reading on http://gizmodo.com/Susan Monarez is no longer the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to a post by the official Department of Health and Human Services X account. She had been in the position for just a month. In the wake of her apparent ouster, several other CDC leaders have resigned. Named acting CDC director in January, Monarez was officially confirmed to the position by...
Continue Reading on https://www.wired.com/Senior CDC vaccine research and public health leaders who resigned in protest told hundreds of supporters across the street from campus on Thursday that the Trump administration needs to “get politics out of public health”. The agency is reeling from the firing of the CDC chief, Susan Monarez, but Monarez, who was confirmed as CDC chief just a month ago, has refused to be removed. Four senior...
Continue Reading on https://www.theguardian.com/us/technologyThe White House has reportedly chosen a deputy of Robert F Kennedy Jr to serve as the acting head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a decision that comes as the standoff over the firing of director Susan Monarez, has deepened, with Monarez’s lawyers claiming she will not depart unless Donald Trump himself removes her. The Associated Press and the Washington Post...
Continue Reading on https://www.theguardian.com/us/technologyFrom 3h ago 17.12 EDT White House picks top aide to RFK Jr as interim CDC director The White House has picked an aide to health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr as acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention News of the temporary appointment was first reported by the Washington Post. The aide is Jim O’Neill, currently the deputy health secretary. A former speechwriter for...
Continue Reading on https://www.theguardian.com/us/technologyIt’s been a tumultuous week for US health agencies, with the departure of several top officials, uncertainty around new Covid vaccine restrictions, and even more experts calling for the removal of top health official Robert F Kennedy Jr. The director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Susan Monarez, was fired by the Trump White House after some controversy, and four...
Continue Reading on https://www.theguardian.com/us/technologyShelby Talcott, reporting under the euphemistic headline “White House Fires CDC Director Over Vaccine Disagreements”: A showdown at the CDC culminated in the White House formally firing its director, Susan Monarez, on Wednesday night. Monarez was ousted earlier in the day, after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asked her to step down amid disagreements over changing...
Continue Reading on https://daringfireball.net/From 1d ago 19.55 EDT RFK Jr 'weaponizing public health' and 'putting millions of American lives at risk', ousted CDC director's lawyers say Susan Monarez was removed from her position as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday without being told why she was fired, her lawyers said in a statement. “First it was independent advisory committees and career experts....
Continue Reading on https://daringfireball.net/The White House on Wednesday fired Susan Monarez as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after she refused to resign amid pressure to change vaccine policy, which sparked the resignation of other senior CDC officials and a showdown over whether she could be removed. Hours after the Department of Health and Human Services announced early Wednesday evening that Monarez was...
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