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RFK Jr.'s deputy made CDC acting director as leadership exodus leaves agency reeling

By Mike Stobbe, Amanda Seitz, Chris Megerian, Associated Press

Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has not explained the decision to oust Susan Monarez less than a month after she was sworn in, but he warned that more turnover may be ahead.

'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…

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CDC officials escorted from headquarters as chaos engulfs agency over director's ouster

By Mike Stobbe, Amanda Seitz, Chris Megerian, Associated Press

The nation’s top public health agency was left reeling Thursday as the White House worked to expel the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director and replace her with a top adviser to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Susan Monarez ousted as CDC director after less than a month as other agency leaders resign

By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

Her departure coincided with the resignations of at least three top CDC officials. The list includes Dr. Debra Houry, the agency's deputy director; Dr. Daniel Jernigan, head of the agency's National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases; and Dr.

After the shooting at CDC, RFK Jr. criticizes agency's pandemic response

By Associated Press

President Donald Trump’s Health Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., also described political violence as “wrong” and said his job is to protect employees.

CDC shooter believed COVID vaccine was harmful; union says misinformation put staff at risk

By Susan Haigh, Associated Press

A Georgia man who had blamed the COVID-19 vaccine for making him depressed and suicidal has been identified as the shooter who opened fire late Friday on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters, killing a police officer.

Authorities identify suspect who opened fire at CDC in Atlanta, killing one police officer

By Jeff Amy, Associated Press

The shooter opened fire at the CDC headquarters from across the street, striking windows across the sprawling campus, mortally wounding the officer and littering the sidewalk outside a CVS pharmacy with bullet casings.

Suspect killed after shooting reported at Emory University near entrance to CDC, police say

By Jeff Amy, Associated Press

The incident took place near the entrance to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where the federal agency's employees say bullets struck the windows of several CDC buildings.

Mass layoffs at HHS were likely unlawful and must be halted, federal judge says

By Associated Press

“The executive branch does not have the authority to order, organize, or implement wholesale changes to the structure and function of the agencies created by Congress,” U.S. District Judge Melissa DuBose wrote in a 58-page order handed down in U.S.

RFK Jr.'s vaccine committee endorses flu shots, except those with preservative thimerosal

By Mike Stobbe, Lauren Neergaard, Associated Press

The Trump administration’s new vaccine advisers on Thursday endorsed this fall’s flu vaccinations for just about every American but threw in a twist: Only use certain shots free of an ingredient antivaccine groups have falsely tied to autism.