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Kennedy hearing deepens crisis over dismantling of CDC leadership - health scholar explains why the agency’s ability to protect public health is compromised

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, long considered the nation’s – if not the world’s – premier public health organization, is mired in a crisis that not only threatens Americans’ health but also its very survival as a leading public health institution.

The Conversation

Robert F. Kennedy Took Fire From Both Republicans And Democrats Over Vaccine Overhauls: GOP Senators Defend Trump's Operation Warp Speed

Secretary for Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., faced bipartisan backlash during a combative Senate hearing on Thursday, as both Republicans and Democrats criticized his controversial vaccine policies and the abrupt firing of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez.

Benzinga

Trump news at a glance: RFK Jr made ‘false’ claims in Senate testimony, says fired CDC director

Susan Monarez offers to repeat under oath statements she made about why she was ousted from the embattled Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Key US politics stories from 4 September 2025

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Takeaways from RFK Jr.'s contentious hearing before Senate lawmakers

Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. faced bipartisan questioning over recent changes to health agencies, vaccine approvals and other priorities at a contentious three-hour Senate hearing

The Independent UK

RFK Jr accused of ‘reckless disregard for science and the truth’ in Senate hearing

Health secretary defends his leadership as Democrats attack his vaccine policy and demand his resignation

The Guardian - US

West Coast states join together to lead vaccine defense as red Florida ends mandate and DC skepticism grows

The states formed the alliance in response to ‘President Trump’s mass firing of CDC doctors and scientists’

The Independent UK

‘We warn the President, Congress, and the Public’: More than 1,000 HHS staff demand RFK Jr.’s resignation over health dangers

When 1,000+ health workers revolt, maybe it's time to listen.

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Kennedy defends CDC shake-up, accusing medical experts of lies - Roll Call

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was unrepentant at a Senate hearing Thursday when pressed on his recent actions on vaccines.

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The Latest: RFK Jr. will appear before Congress amid turmoil at CDC

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Some Republicans expect answers from RFK Jr. on agency turmoil - Roll Call

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to testify before the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday, his first appearance before the panel.

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Experts call on US Health Secretary RFK Jr to resign over misinformation

Health experts said Kennedy’s ‘repeated efforts to undermine science and public health’ left Americans ‘less safe’.

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Pfizer CEO is latest to say Trump should get Nobel Peace Prize – for something much of MAGA hates

Vaccine makers are publicly defending Covid-era achievements as the Trump administration rolls back vaccine approvals and cuts research funding

The Independent UK

California, Oregon and Washington ally on vaccines in rebuke to Trump’s CDC

Three Democratic governors create West Coast Health Alliance amid growing turmoil at US health agency under RFK Jr

The Guardian - US

Over 1,000 HHS staffers demand RFK Jr resign as civil war swirls over his remaking of the agency

Employees past and present come togther to express lack of confidence in Robert F Kennedy Jr over turbulent leadership of America’s public health institutions

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RFK Jr boasts of handling of US measles outbreak in op-ed amid CDC upheaval

HHS secretary failed to respond to critics in editorial amid growing calls for him to resign and chaos across the agency

The Guardian - US

More than 1,000 health workers urge Kennedy to quit over anti-vax policies

Letter says Kennedy installed ideologues, endangered US health and ignored pleas as resignations mounted at CDC

The Independent UK

RFK Jr. writes about restoring ‘public trust’ at the CDC. Its former directors say he’s ‘endangering every American’s health’

‘We are worried about the wide-ranging impact that all these decisions will have on America’s health security,’ the former CDC directors said about Secretary Kennedy’s shakeup at the Health and Human Services Department

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Former CDC leaders condemn RFK Jr for endangering Americans’ health

In a New York Times essay, nine officials said Kennedy’s leadership at HHS ‘should alarm every American’

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The Independent UK

Trump casts doubt on his own COVID vaccines program after RFK Jr threatens restrictions

Trump wants drugmakers to ‘justify the success’ of Operation Warp Speed following wave of CDC resignations and warnings from public health officials

International Business Times

RFK Jr 'Endangering' All Americans, Health Agency Ex-chiefs Warn

Nine former leaders of the top US health body sounded the alarm Monday about the Trump administration's evisceration of the agency and warned that vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr is "endangering every American's health."

Benzinga

Trump 'Must Fire' Robert F Kennedy Jr, Calls For Dismissal Get Louder — Don Beyer, Bernie Sanders, Wisconsin's Sara Rodriguez Join The Chorus

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is under intense fire after his dismissal of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez set off resignations among top public health leaders and renewed calls for his removal.

Benzinga

Robert Kennedy Jr.'s Leadership Can Only Bring More 'Harm,' Says Top Ex-CDC Official: 'Undoing Of Vaccination' In Works

Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention immunizations chief Demetre Daskalakis said Sunday he resigned because politics has overrun science at the nation's top public-health agency, warning he "only see[s] harm coming" under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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What chaos at the US CDC could mean for the rest of the world

Ever since Robert F Kennedy (RFK) Jr was appointed United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been under pressure to abandon its traditional evidence-based approach to public health in America and across the world.

International Business Times

Directors Who Quit US Health Agency Warn It Is 'Destroying' Protections

Senior experts who recently resigned in protest from the top US public health agency denounced Sunday growing politicization of the organization, warning of a breakdown in the "firewall" between science and ideology.

The Guardian - US

Former CDC official ‘only sees harm’ to public health under RFK Jr’s leadership

Demetre Daskalakis, who resigned after White House fired CDC chief, cautions against ‘undoing of vaccination’ to ABC

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