New #CDC Director Is Fired, #Trump White House Says

#SusanMonarez was said to have refused to adopt #Health Secretary #RFKJr.’s stance on #vaccination policy.

The White House said late Wednesday that it had fired Susan Monarez, the new director of the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, after a tense confrontation in which Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tried to remove her from her position & she refused to resign.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/health/cdc-monarez-kennedy-vaccines.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

The U.S. FDA has approved COVID-19 shots for fall, but with new restrictions that make affect what insurers cover. Here's more from NBC.

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