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CDC dilemma: Nominee may need both MAHA and science chops

As a deadline arrives this week to nominate a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director, some Republicans are skeptical the administration will find someone who can check all the boxes necessary for confirmation. The candidate will need the “Make America Healthy Again” mindset of Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s…

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Why Indian-origin Jay Bhattacharya's dual health roles has Washington worried

The CDC’s top job has been unsettled for months. President Donald Trump’s initial nominee, former Florida representative David Weldon, failed to secure sufficient Senate support. Susan Monarez, a longtime federal scientist who stepped in as interim director and was later nominated permanently, was subsequently pushed out. Jim O’Neill, a deputy…

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Experts warn NIH director now leading CDC will push ‘RFK Jr’s agenda’

RFK Jr ally Jay Bhattacharya was named acting director of the CDC and will be fourth leader in a year to head agency

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NIH's Bhattacharya will also run the CDC while Trump administration looks for a permanent director

The director of the National Institutes of Health is also taking over as acting head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to an administration official

The Independent UK

Cheryl Hines uses Joe Rogan podcast to slam media portrayal of husband RFK Jr and says the antivaxxer doesn’t want to ‘hurt people’

Six former Surgeons General warned last year that DHHS Secretary Robert F Kennedy’s leadership was ‘endangering the health of the nation’

The Independent UK

Newsom appoints ex-CDC officials to lead California’s new public health network

Dr Susan Monarez to head PHNIX, a response to Trump administration’s dismantling of public health safeguards

The Guardian - US

Cassidy suggests HHS is anti-science ahead of hepatitis B meeting - Roll Call

Sen. Bill Cassidy said federal health officials might be biased agains science.

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Louisiana surgeon general Abraham installed as deputy at CDC - Roll Call

Abraham is a critic of mass vaccination and strong supporter of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s agenda.

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'I don't know if CDC will survive, to be quite frank': Former CDC officials describe the disintegration of the agency under RFK

Three former CDC officials share their experiences at the agency leading up to their resignations.

LiveScience

‘Damage is done’: Mass firings and dysfunction at CDC spark chaos for public health, critics warn

Critics fear ‘reckless destruction’ at nation’s top public health agency threaten safety and lives

The Independent UK

Firings of hundreds of CDC employees reportedly reversed

Department of Health and Human Services rescinds more than half of the 1,300 termination notices it sent, reports say

The Guardian - US

Trump has shaken America’s faith in most government agencies since his return to White House, polls show

While certain agencies that Trump has targeted have fallen out of public favor, others have seen their approval ratings rise in line with the administration’s policies

The Independent UK

Trump scrambles to rehire CDC experts working on Ebola, measles and disease forecasting who were axed in government shutdown cuts

Hundreds of the fired CDC workers may be brought back, but it’s unclear when they’ll return to work

The Independent UK

Is RFK Jr. Fired? Controversial Health Czar Faces Possible Political Ruin and Public Split from Cheryl Hines

RFK Jr. faces the end of his political career and marriage as his anti-vax crusade sparks a measles outbreak and angers Trump. Insiders say he's about to be sacked.

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The Independent UK

Six former surgeons general unite for rare warning over RFK Jr’s actions: ‘endangering the health of the nation’

"Secretary Kennedy is entitled to his views. But he is not entitled to put people’s health at risk,” the surgeons general wrote in the joint statement

The Guardian - US

Six former US surgeons general warn RFK Jr is ‘endangering nation’s health’

Former top doctors condemn health secretary’s vaccine, research policies, saying ideology replaced science at HHS

The Guardian - US

A ‘hostile takeover’: ousted CDC official raises alarm over RFK Jr approach to infectious disease

Debra Houry speaks after testifying on eight months under Kennedy, who critics say shuns science and spreads falsehoods

The Independent UK

House Democrat to introduce articles of impeachment against RFK Jr for the ‘chaos’ he has caused

Impeachment effort is unlikely to pass through Republican-controlled Congress

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The Guardian - US

Trump faces Republican backlash over Kennedy’s autism and vaccine claims

Senators warn health secretary’s advice on Tylenol in pregnancy lacks scientific basis, raising alarm in GOP ranks

The Guardian - US

Legal groups resist Trump authoritarian moves with pro bono work

Groups of lawyers battling to get clients’ jobs back, avoid prosecutions or recoup money that has been illegally blocked

Roll Call

Kash flow and faux recordings — Congressional Hits and Misses - Roll Call

FBI Director Kash Patel and former CDC Director Susan Monarez facing lawmakers highlight this week's Congressional Hits and Misses.

The Independent UK

RFK Jr’s new CDC vaccine advisers recommended against the combined measles and chickenpox shot for young kids

The panel now recommends that children under four receive separate MMR and chickenpox vaccines

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CDC’s new vaccine advisers recommend splitting up MMRV shot - Roll Call

The change was backed by an advisory panel whose members were handpicked by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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Former CDC director refused to be RFK Jr.’s ‘rubber stamp,’ so she got fired for acting ‘maliciously to undermine’ the president

Apparently, he wanted a yes woman.

Benzinga

Bernie Sanders Says Susan Monarez Was Fired As CDC Director Because She Refused To Be RFK Jr.'s 'Rubber Stamp'

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday cast the abrupt firing of former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez as a warning sign for scientific independence, arguing she was pushed out for refusing to "rubber stamp" Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s “anti-vaccine” agenda.

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