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California Hires Ousted CDC Director
California Hires
Ousted CDC Director
Dec 15, 2025 12:30 PM CST

California Hires Ousted CDC Director

Susan Monarez, Debra Houry to advise state's new public health initiative

(Newser) - California has hired two former CDC leaders who were fired or quit after clashes with the Trump administration. Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday that former CDC director Susan Monarez, who claimed she was fired after refusing to approve vaccine guidance not backed by science , and former chief medical officer Debra...

Ousted CDC Director Shares Her Take on What Transpired

Susan Monarez says RFK Jr. wanted 'blanket approval' of vaccine changes

(Newser) - Former CDC Director Susan Monarez appeared before the Senate on Wednesday, detailing the circumstances of her unexpected firing less than a month after her Senate confirmation. Monarez testified that she was removed for refusing to follow directives from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., specifically his...

Ousted CDC Chief Accuses Kennedy of Vaccine 'Sabotage'

Susan Monarez says she was fired for trying to counter attempts to 'compromise science'

(Newser) - Susan Monarez lasted only 29 days in her job as head of the CDC before being fired last week . In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, Monarez writes that she lost her job because she refused to go along with health secretary Robert F. Kennedy's plan to "compromise science....

1K HHS Staffers Sign Letter Urging RFK Jr. to Go

The American people have been 'put at risk,' per the letter

(Newser) - Over 1,000 current and former Health and Human Services staffers have signed their names to a letter released Wednesday that calls for HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to go, claiming his leadership endangers public health. In a letter sent to Kennedy and members of Congress, the Hill...

Trump Picks RFK Jr. Deputy as Acting CDC Director
Trump Picks RFK Jr. Deputy
as Acting CDC Director
THE RUNDOWN
Aug 29, 2025 6:28 AM CDT

Trump Picks RFK Jr. Deputy as Acting CDC Director

Hundreds of CDC workers salute leaders who resigned in protest

(Newser) - There's a new person in charge at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—and he may be a lot more aligned with the views of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on vaccines than Susan Monarez, who was fired less than a month after she was confirmed. The Washington Post...

Who's Running the CDC? It's a Little Unclear
'Tense' Clash With RFK Jr.
Led to CDC Chief's Trouble
the rundown
Aug 28, 2025 11:20 AM CDT

'Tense' Clash With RFK Jr. Led to CDC Chief's Trouble

White House says Susan Monarez is fired, but she is waiting to hear from Trump directly

(Newser) - The CDC was in a strange state of limbo Thursday: It remains unclear who is leading the health agency. On Wednesday, a White House spokesperson said Susan Monarez had been fired as head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But Monarez's attorneys shot back at that: because...

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