CDC director Susan Monarez is fired and other agency leaders resign
NEW YORK (AP) — The director of the nation's top public health agency has been fired after less than one month in the job, and several top agency leaders have resigned. Susan Monarez isn't “aligned with” President Donald Trump's agenda and refused to resign, so the White House terminated her, spokesman Kush Desai said Wednesday night. Her lawyers said she was targeted for standing up for science. The U. S. Department of Health and Human Services had announced her departure in a brief Her...
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