Susan Monarez had been in office since July 31; White House said she was not aligned with the president
Director Susan Monarez was fired from the (acronym for disease control and prevention centers) by the Government of (Republican Party). The measure is less than 1 month after she assumes the position. The decision was announced by HHS (acronym for the US Department of Human Health and Human Services) on Wednesday (27.ago.2025).
White House spokesman Kush Desai said that Monarez “was not aligned with the agenda ” The Trump. “”She refused to resign, as she had informed the HHS leadership that she would do, so the White House decided to remove her from office”He said, quoted by the agency.
Susan Monarez’s lawyers challenged the version. In a note, Mark S. Zaid and Abbe David Lowell said she “He is an intact person and devotee of science”And who did not intend to resign. They accused the secretary of health, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to press her for refusing to support“anticientific directives”.
Here is the announcement of the resignation of Monarez made on social networks by HHS:
The announcement of the dismissal is in the midst of a wide restructuring of vaccine policy in the United States. Kennedy Jr. revoked in May the Federal Recommendation of Covid-19 Vaccination for pregnant women and healthy children, and in June fired all members of the CDC Vaccine Advisory Committee. Some of the substitutes are people contrary to immunization.
The context is of strong wear within the agency. Four high -ranked leaders delivered their positions:
- Debra Houry, medical director of the CDC;
- Demetre Daskalakis, the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases;
- Daniel Jernigan of the National Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases;
- Jen Layden, from the data and technology industry.
In their letters, they cited attacks on science, budget cuts and “Instrumentalization of Public Health“Houry mentioned the largest measles outbreak in 30 years and the attack on fire at the CDC headquarters in Atlanta as reflexes of the hostility environment. Daskalakis said Kennedy Jr.’s measures could lead the country to”It was pre-vacies, where only the strongest survive”.
The White House proposed to reduce the CDC budget by nearly $ 3.6 billion (about R $ 19.8 billion), and cut 2,400 employees at the beginning of the year. The Workers Union states that the agency lives months of “mistreatment, negligence and vilification”.
A FDA (Food and Drug Administration) versions of Pfizer’s covid-19 vaccines, modern and Novavax in the US on Wednesday (27.ago). Nevertheless, vaccination will be limited to only one part of the population.
The CDC recommends immunizers for the elderly over 65 years old. Younger adults and children should only be vaccinated if they have high risk health conditions such as asthma or obesity.
