Fired CDC Head Will Say RFK Jr. Put Politics Over Policy

Susan Monarez will offer new details on her ouster as head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at a congressional hearing, including that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Read More

3 key takeaways from the Senate hearing on CDC director’s firing and RFK Jr.’s vaccine agenda

A Wednesday Senate hearing aimed to answer questions about the exodus of top leaders from the CDC last month. Instead, it raised a host of new ones. Read More

President Trump demands drugmakers 'justify their success' with COVID vaccines

WASHINGTON ‒ President Donald Trump called on drug companies to "justify their success" in combating the COVID-19 virus, demanding the immediate release of data on the matter while the CDC is "being ... Read More

Ousted CDC Director Dithers On Key Questions About Firing During Senate Hearing

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez testified in a Senate hearing Wednesday about her heated dispute with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., but ... Read More

Is Trump 'feeling pressure' to do something about RFK Jr. amid CDC turmoil?

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is battling several fires. A day before the health secretary was set to appear before the Senate Finance Committee to discuss President Donald Trump's 2026 healthcare agenda on ... Read More

Three ways ex-CDC chief says that Trump team is sidelining science

Susan Monarez testifies at tense Senate hearing that scientific integrity is being quashed at US health agency. Read More

These states are dumping RFK's CDC with a new vaccine alliance

California, Oregon, and Washington have formed the West Coast Health Alliance to provide science-based health guidance. The alliance was created in response to what the states' governors call the ... Read More

Trump raises fresh questions about Covid-19 vaccines that he says have ‘ripped apart’ CDC

President Donald Trump on Monday appeared to raise fresh questions about the Covid-19 vaccines that were first developed on his watch, saying his top public health agency is being “ripped apart” by ... Read More