The director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) remains in a heated standoff with the Trump administration after the White House announced she had been fired.
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) chief Susan Monarez has been fired just a month into the job after clashing with the Trump administration over vaccine policy, BBC reported.
Monarez, nominated by President Trump and confirmed in July, refused to endorse what she called “reckless, unscientific directives” from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The White House said she was removed for not aligning with the president’s agenda.
Her dismissal sparked a string of senior resignations at the CDC, including top vaccine and infectious disease officials, who accused Kennedy of politicising public health, according to BBC.
