Three high-ranking officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have submitted their resignations in the wake of the Trump administration’s stated dismissal of CDC Director Susan Monarez, two agency employees with knowledge of the situation confirmed.
The three departing officials are Demetre Daskalakis, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases; Daniel Jernigan, director of the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases; and Debra Houry, the CDC’s chief medical officer and deputy director for program and science.
The Department of Health and Human Services and the White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.