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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Katie Hawkinson

Former CDC official says RFK Jr. has done ‘irreparable harm’ to his agency: ‘Really difficult to recover from’

Dr. Debra Houry, the CDC’s former chief medical officer, said Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has done “irreparable harm” since taking office.

Houry argued that Americans’ trust in public health has “decreased dramatically” in an interview that aired Sunday on CBS News’ Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan. She was one of several CDC leaders who resigned from the agency last summer over concerns about Kennedy’s leadership.

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