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The Latest Breaking News from Susan Monarez

More than 1,000 health workers urge Kennedy to quit over anti-vax policies

Letter says Kennedy installed ideologues, endangered US health and ignored pleas as resignations mounted at CDC

The Guardian - US

RFK Jr. writes about restoring ‘public trust’ at the CDC. Its former directors say he’s ‘endangering every American’s health’

‘We are worried about the wide-ranging impact that all these decisions will have on America’s health security,’ the former CDC directors said about Secretary Kennedy’s shakeup at the Health and Human Services Department

The Independent UK

Former CDC leaders condemn RFK Jr for endangering Americans’ health

In a New York Times essay, nine officials said Kennedy’s leadership at HHS ‘should alarm every American’

The Guardian - US

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Trump casts doubt on his own COVID vaccines program after RFK Jr threatens restrictions

Trump wants drugmakers to ‘justify the success’ of Operation Warp Speed following wave of CDC resignations and warnings from public health officials

The Independent UK

RFK Jr 'Endangering' All Americans, Health Agency Ex-chiefs Warn

Nine former leaders of the top US health body sounded the alarm Monday about the Trump administration's evisceration of the agency and warned that vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr is "endangering every American's health."

International Business Times

Trump 'Must Fire' Robert F Kennedy Jr, Calls For Dismissal Get Louder — Don Beyer, Bernie Sanders, Wisconsin's Sara Rodriguez Join The Chorus

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is under intense fire after his dismissal of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez set off resignations among top public health leaders and renewed calls for his removal.

Benzinga

Robert Kennedy Jr.'s Leadership Can Only Bring More 'Harm,' Says Top Ex-CDC Official: 'Undoing Of Vaccination' In Works

Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention immunizations chief Demetre Daskalakis said Sunday he resigned because politics has overrun science at the nation's top public-health agency, warning he "only see[s] harm coming" under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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What chaos at the US CDC could mean for the rest of the world

Ever since Robert F Kennedy (RFK) Jr was appointed United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been under pressure to abandon its traditional evidence-based approach to public health in America and across the world.

The Conversation

Directors Who Quit US Health Agency Warn It Is 'Destroying' Protections

Senior experts who recently resigned in protest from the top US public health agency denounced Sunday growing politicization of the organization, warning of a breakdown in the "firewall" between science and ideology.

International Business Times

Former CDC official ‘only sees harm’ to public health under RFK Jr’s leadership

Demetre Daskalakis, who resigned after White House fired CDC chief, cautions against ‘undoing of vaccination’ to ABC

The Guardian - US

‘I only see harm coming’: Top CDC official who quit over RFK Jr policies says he fears more attacks on vaccines still to come

Demetre Daskalakis warns that the new acting CDC director will only serve Robert F. Kennedy Jr

The Independent UK

CDC Mandates Full Office Return By Sept. 15, Weeks After Atlanta Headquarters Shooting

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has ordered all staff to return to offices by Sept. 15, marking the end of remote work protocols implemented after a deadly shooting at its Atlanta headquarters five weeks ago.

Benzinga

Bernie Sanders Demands Health Secretary RFK Jr.'s Resignation As CDC Leadership Crisis Deepens

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) called for Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s resignation on Saturday, citing Kennedy’s “dangerous policies” that are “endangering the health of the American people.”

Benzinga

Bernie Sanders demands that RFK Jr step down as health secretary

Vermont senator says Kennedy is endangering the health of the American people as head of the US health department

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We Got This Covered

The Donald Trump administration is officially running out of people

He might soon not have enough manpower for "weaponizing" lives of millions of Americans.

The Guardian - US

RFK Jr peddles dubious health claims as CDC roils under his leadership

As leaders at Centers for Disease Control quit after director’s firing, Kennedy stokes controversy with pet theories

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‘Only the strong survive’: CDC official outlines RFK Jr’s eugenics beliefs, says he may not believe in viruses and bacteria

"The people who survive are the people who should continue to propagate the species."

The Guardian - US

Trump administration faces rare bipartisan pushback for firing CDC director

Susan Monarez was reportedly fired by Robert F Kennedy Jr but her lawyers say only Trump himself can remove her

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‘That’s not how children are supposed to look’: Health Secretary RFK Jr. under fire for playing doctor with strangers’ kids in public

There is just one word to explain this - "wacky."

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: White House picks Kennedy deputy Jim O’Neill to replace fired CDC chief

Ex-investment manager chosen as agency’s interim director after firing of Susan Monarez. Plus, how marijuana became the US Open’s new distraction

The Guardian - US

US appeals court rules most of Trump’s sweeping global tariffs illegal – as it happened

Ruling upholds decision from trade court while president attacks ‘Highly Partisan Appeals Court’ and says he will win tariff fight

The Independent UK

Top RFK Jr. deputy to serve as acting CDC director after former chief forced out over vaccine policy clash

O’Neill will continue to work as the deputy secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services until a permanent replacement is selected

The Guardian - US

Who is Jim O’Neill? CDC chief set to bolster RFK Jr plan to remake vaccine policy

Ally of health secretary worked as speechwriter in George W Bush administration and has no training in medicine

Al Jazeera

White House picks Robert Kennedy Jr’s deputy to replace ousted CDC director

Former CDC head was expelled after clashing with Trump administration over policies she says were not driven by science.

International Business Times

RFK Jr Bashes US Health Agency After Its Chief Is Sacked

US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday lashed out at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) a day after its director was ousted, saying the renowned agency needs to be overhauled.

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