U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention isn’t sufficiently aligned with President Donald Trump’s agenda and it needs an overhaul, a day after the White House fired the director following an intense clash over vaccines.
The agency has made numerous critical errors and is likely suffering from a "deeply embedded malaise,” Kennedy said in a Fox News interview Thursday, adding that he’s "not surprised” over the current staff upheaval at the CDC.
CDC Director Susan Monarez was ousted by the Trump administration Wednesday after clashing with Kennedy over his critical view of vaccines, people familiar with the matter said. Security personnel were seen escorting the senior leaders who resigned from the Atlanta campus.
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