Source: BBC Newsw [UK state media]
“The White House says it has fired the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Susan Monarez, after she refused to resign on Wednesday. In a statement, it said she was ‘not aligned with the president’s agenda’ and she had been removed from her position at the health agency. The US health department earlier announced her departure, which prompted a statement from Dr Monarez’s lawyers who said she had not been told of her removal and she would not resign. They said she was being targeted for refusing ‘to rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives and fire dedicated health experts’ and accused Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr of ‘weaponising public health.’ … Almost immediately after Dr Monarez’s departure was first announced by the health department, at least three senior CDC leaders resigned from the agency.” (08/28/25)