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Susan Monarez, First CDC Director Who is Not a Medical Doctor Since 1950s, Ousted in Less Than a Month

Susan Monarez, the first non-MD CDC director since the 1950s, was ousted after less than a month amid clashes over vaccine policy and political pressure.

International Business Times UK · Aug 28, 2025

‘Total implosion’: How Trump firing of CDC chief Monarez sparked an exodus

At least three high-level officials have resigned in protest against the policies of Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy.

Al Jazeera · Aug 28, 2025

First Thing: Two children killed and 17 injured in Minneapolis Catholic school shooting

The shooter fired through church windows during a service. Plus, Gavin Newsom warns that Trump is serious about pursuing a third term

The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2025

CDC chief ‘targeted’ for refusing to ‘rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives’, lawyers say – as it happened

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The Guardian - US · Aug 27, 2025

Monarez removed as CDC director, HHS says - Roll Call

Susan Monarez is no longer CDC director, according to the Health and Human Services Department, though her attorneys begged to differ.

Roll Call · Aug 27, 2025

‘Horror show’: RFK Jr and Trump fearmonger about autism in marathon cabinet meeting while research is axed behind scenes

Kennedy has said he will release his own report on the ‘epidemic’ of autism next month

The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2025

US reports its first New World parasitic screwworm infection in decades

A person in Maryland has been diagnosed with an infection of the flesh-eating New World screwworm. It's the first case in the U.S. in decades.

LiveScience · Aug 26, 2025

‘Out here all alone’: Texas health officials’ pleas for help were ignored by CDC as measles cases grew, report says

Public health officials in Texas were met with little to no response from CDC officials when they first reported a measles outbreak earlier this year, according to a new report

The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2025

HHS moves to strip thousands of federal health workers of union rights

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has moved to strip thousands of federal health agency employees of their collective bargaining rights

The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2025

‘Complicit’: RFK Jr. is already choking on the medicine he’s been prescribing everyone else

Funny how reality has a way of hitting back.

We Got This Covered · Aug 22, 2025