Sep 17 WATCH: Ousted CDC Director Monarez testifies on what led to her firing By Joshua Barajas “Even under pressure I could not replace evidence with ideology or compromise my integrity,” Monarez said. Continue reading
Sep 17 WATCH: Ousted CDC Director Monarez’s opening statement in Senate hearing on RFK Jr., kids’ health By Erica R. Hendry Kennedy has denied Monarez' claims and told senators earlier this month that she was lying. Continue reading
Sep 06 Watch 6:37 States join forces to make their own vaccine recommendations amid CDC turmoil By John Yang, Claire Mufson Amid turmoil at the CDC, the debate over the federal government’s vaccine policy remains as contentious as ever. Now, some states are taking matters into their own hands, forming alliances to review scientific data and make their own vaccine recommendations. Continue watching
Sep 04 4 major moments from RFK Jr.’s contentious hearing with senators By Joshua Barajas, Hannah Grabenstein, Kenichi Serino Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was at the center of a maelstrom Thursday as senators, including those who voted to confirm him, raised pressing questions over his public health agenda. Continue reading
Sep 04 WATCH: ‘We were lied to about everything’ around COVID, RFK Jr. says By Hannah Grabenstein Kennedy claimed the government, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, lied about "natural immunity," that vaccines would prevent transmission and infection, and the "science behind cloth masks."… Continue reading
Sep 04 WATCH: RFK Jr. says fired CDC director lying about being asked to back non-scientific vaccine policy By Erica R. Hendry, Joshua Barajas In her column in The Wall Street Jounral, Monarez lambasted Kennedy and his "deliberate effort to weaken America's public-health system and vaccine protections."… Continue reading
Sep 04 WATCH: RFK Jr. says firings at CDC were ‘necessary,’ blames organization for failed COVID policy By Kenichi Serino "[The] CDC failed that responsibility miserably during COVID when its disastrous, nonsensical policies destroyed small businesses, violated civil liberties, closed our schools, caused generational damage in doing so, masked infants with no science, and heightened economic inequality," Kennedy said. Continue reading
Aug 31 Watch 6:30 Inside the CDC turmoil as RFK Jr. eyes sweeping vaccine policy changes By Ali Rogin, Satvi Sunkara In just six months, the CDC has lost nearly half its budget and thousands of employees, and is caught in a political struggle as Health Secretary Kennedy moves to reshape the nation’s vaccine policies. Several CDC leaders resigned after the… Continue watching
Aug 28 Watch 7:14 ‘Public health is in trouble,’ says high-ranking CDC leader who resigned in protest By Amna Nawaz, Azhar Merchant There are serious concerns about the Centers for Disease Control and its mission after Susan Monarez was suddenly fired from her position as director. She had refused to resign amid clashes with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over vaccine… Continue watching
Aug 25 Person in U.S. diagnosed with flesh-eating screwworm after travel to El Salvador By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press A person in the U.S. who traveled to El Salvador has been diagnosed with New World screwworm. It's the first reported U.S. case tied to travel to a country with a current outbreak. Continue reading