Five times RFK Jr. and CDC scientists clashed before director was fired

In the months before director Susan Monarez was fired, the agency faced mass firings, changing vaccine advice and a shooting at its headquarters in Atlanta.The White House fired Susan Monarez, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, after she refused to resign amid pressure from the Trump administration to change vaccine policy. Her lawyers accused Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of “weaponizing public health for political gain” and “putting millions of American lives at risk” by purging health officials from government. Following her abrupt exit, weeks after the Senate confirmed her to lead...