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trump's pick US CDC chief out after weeks in role, challenges ouster as four top officials resign
WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez has left the agency less than a month after being sworn in, the Department of Health and Human Services said on Wednesday, and four senior officials have resigned amid growing tensions over vaccine policies and public health directives.
Monarez's attorneys said she is challenging her ouster, accusing U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of targeting her for refusing to support "unscientific directives" and dismiss health experts.
when even scientists chosen by trump say kennedy's a danger to public health..."Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor received notification from the White House that she has been fired, and as a person of integrity and devoted to science, she will not resign," attorneys Mark S. Zaid and Abbe David Lowell said in a statement.
CDC Chief Medical Officer Debra Houry and National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases Director Demetre Daskalakis have resigned, Houry told Reuters. They cited a rise in health misinformation especially on vaccines, attacks on science, the weaponization of public health, and attempts to cut the agency's budget and influence in their resignation letters, reviewed by Reuters.