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CDC Director Susan Monarez has been ousted after RFK Jr. demanded she change her policy on the COVID vaccine. Top officials from the Vaccine Unit, Zoonotic Division, and the Chief Medical Officer are resigning, per reports.

Horrifying news for public health.

August 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM

CHAOS ERUPTS AT CDC

CDC Director Susan Monarez has been ousted after RFK Jr. demanded she change her policy on the COVID vaccine. Top officials from the Vaccine Unit, Zoonotic Division, and the Chief Medical Officer are resigning, per reports.

Horrifying news for public health.

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CDC director ousted, top officials resign after RFK Jr. push to change vaccine policy

Susan Monarez was confirmed as the CDC’s director in July. Three top agency officials announced resignations as the Trump administration pushed her out.

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August 27, 2025 at 6:28 p.m. EDT 44 minutes ago


Susan Monarez attends a Senate hearing on her nomination to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in June. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

By Lena H. Sun, Dan Diamond and Lauren Weber

Susan Monarez was ousted Wednesday weeks into her tenure as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after she faced pressure to change vaccine policy. Several senior CDC officials announced their resignations shortly after, plunging the public health agency into turmoil.

Monarez was pressed for days by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., administration lawyers and other officials over whether she would support rescinding certain approvals for coronavirus vaccines, according to two people with knowledge of those conversations. Kennedy, who has a long history of anti-vaccine advocacy, and other officials questioned Monarez Monday on whether she was aligned with the administration’s efforts to change vaccine policy, the people said.

Monarez, who was a longtime federal government scientist before President Donald Trump nominated her to lead the CDC, declined to commit to support changing coronavirus vaccine policy without consulting her advisers, two people said. That prompted Kennedy to urge her to resign for “not supporting President Trump’s agenda,” one of the people said.
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Monarez declined to immediately resign and enlisted Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana), chairman of the Senate’s health committee who cast a pivotal vote for Kennedy’s confirmation after securing commitments to protect vaccines, said three people with knowledge of those conversations. Cassidy privately pushed back on Kennedy’s demands, the people said, further angering Kennedy, who lambasted Monarez for involving the senator.

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By Lena H. Sun
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By Dan Diamond
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By Lauren Weber
Lauren Weber joined The Washington Post in 2023 as an accountability reporter focused on the forces promoting scientific and medical disinformation. She previously investigated the decimated public health system and covid disparities for Kaiser Health News. You can reach her at [e-mail] or send a secure message on signal @LWeber.91follow on X@LaurenWeberHP