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CDC shake-up: The Trump administration on Wednesday said it “terminated” Susan Monarez, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, from her position. Monarez, who is widely respected in the scientific community and had recently stood up against vaccine misinformation, is pushing back.
“Secretary Kennedy and HHS have set their sights on weaponizing public health for political gain and putting millions of American lives at risk,” her high-profile attorneys Mark Zaid and Abbe Lowell said in a statement.
The White House did not take kindly to the rebuke. “As her attorney’s statement makes abundantly clear, Susan Monarez is not aligned with the President’s agenda of Making America Healthy Again,” spokesperson Kush Desai told Jasmine.