CDC official who blasted Trump’s ‘weak science’ led politicized Biden-era monkeypox response

Demetre Daskalakis resigned from the CDC, accusing the Trump administration of ignoring science. But his Biden-era monkeypox response prioritized avoiding stigma over traditional measures. Read More

The Download: Trump’s impact on science, and meet our climate and energy honorees

How Trump’s policies are affecting early-career scientists—in their own words Every year MIT Technology Review celebrates accomplished young scientists, entrepreneurs, and inventors from around the ... Read More

Science or Trump? The impossible choice faced by the ousted CDC chief

The purge at the top of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention crystalizes the dilemma facing many professional officials across the US government. Read More

Who is Susan Monarez, CDC Director, fired by Donald Trump overnight putting the agency into crisis?

The White House's decision to fire Director Susan Monarez has thrown the leadership of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) into total chaos. Her sudden firing, along with the ... Read More

CDC Director Susan Monarez refuses to be fired as other officials call it quits

Longtime government scientist Susan Monarez is refusing to leave her position as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS ... Read More

US News: CDC director Susan Monarez fired weeks after Donald Trump's nomination

Susan Monarez, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the United States' top public health agency has been fired, weeks after being appointed by President Donald Trump, ... Read More