The White House moved to remove Susan Monarez as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and three senior CDC officials were escorted from headquarters. President Donald Trump's health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is advancing anti-vaccine policies that contradict decades of scientific research. Kennedy has reshaped a key advisory committee with vaccine skeptics ahead of an expected meeting to issue new immunization recommendations. Two Republican senators called for congressional oversight and some Democrats demanded Kennedy's firing. Monarez's lawyers say she refused to rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives and that she is contesting the dismissal. Kennedy warned more turnover may follow.
NEW YORK -- The nation's top public health agency was left reeling and leaderless as the White House works to expel its handpicked director from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and three senior officials were escorted from its headquarters on Thursday. The turmoil triggered rare bipartisan alarm as President Donald Trump's health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., tries to advance anti-vaccine policies that are contradicted by decades of scientific research.
The White House has only said that Monarez was 'not aligned with' Trump's agenda. There is no word on when a replacement could be named. Monarez's lawyers said that she refused 'to rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives and fire dedicated health experts.' She is fighting her dismissal, saying the decision must come directly from Trump, who nominated her in March.
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