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Who's Running the CDC? It's a Little Unclear
'Tense' Clash With RFK Jr.
Led to CDC Chief's Trouble
the rundown
Aug 28, 2025 11:20 AM CDT

'Tense' Clash With RFK Jr. Led to CDC Chief's Trouble

White House says Susan Monarez is fired, but she is waiting to hear from Trump directly

(Newser) - The CDC was in a strange state of limbo Thursday: It remains unclear who is leading the health agency. On Wednesday, a White House spokesperson said Susan Monarez had been fired as head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But Monarez's attorneys shot back at that: because...

CDC Director Ousted After Vaccine Clash With RFK Jr.
New CDC
Director Is
Out Already
Aug 27, 2025 7:11 PM CDT

New CDC Director Is Out Already

Administration ousts Susan Monarez after clashes with RFK Jr. as it announces restrictions on COVID shots

(Newser) - One month after she was confirmed by the Senate, the Trump administration announced Wednesday that Susan Monarez has been removed as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—a brief tenure that included a fatal attack on the agency's Atlanta campus. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr....

Hundreds of Staffers Losing Jobs at the CDC

Layoffs come amid worker anger at response to shooting at HQ in Atlanta

(Newser) - Two stories in the news suggest that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a tense place to work at the moment:
  • Layoffs: The Washington Post reports that between 500 and 600 CDC staffers received permanent layoff notices this week. The agency has not confirmed the number.
  • Letter to
...

Shooter Fired 180 Times at CDC Buildings

Kennedy visits agency's campus in Atlanta

(Newser) - The man who attacked the CDC headquarters in Atlanta on Friday fired more than 180 shots into the campus and broke about 150 windows, with bullets piercing "blast-resistant" windows and spattering glass shards into numerous rooms, according to information circulated internally at the agency. It may take weeks or...

After Shooting, CDC Staff Wants End to Vaccine Misinformation

Gunman had sought mental health help, investigators say

(Newser) - The Georgia man who opened fire at CDC headquarters in Atlanta on Friday was obsessed with his belief that the COVID vaccine had caused his own health problems, law enforcement officials said. Police officer David Rose was killed in the attack on an institution that has been the focus...

Officer, Suspect Dead After Shooting Near Emory, CDC

Gunfire sparks campus lockdown, road closures near school, government agency

(Newser) - A suspect and a DeKalb County police officer are dead following a shooting incident near Emory University and the CDC in Atlanta, officials confirmed Friday, per the Atlanta Journal-Constitution . The situation unfolded late Friday afternoon, beginning with reports of gunfire near the Emory Point CVS, just across from university...

'Something Is Off' Regarding Flesh-Eating Pathogen in US

Warm coastal waters fuel rise in deadly Vibrio vulnificus infections across the Southeast

(Newser) - Cases of deadly "flesh-eating" bacteria are climbing along the southeastern US coastline, with at least 10 deaths reported in Florida, Louisiana, and North Carolina so far this year. The culprit: Vibrio vulnificus, a bacteria that thrives in warm, salty water and can slip into the body through even...

Top Medical Orgs Booted From CDC's Vaccine Work Groups

AMA, American Academy of Pediatrics among those whose experts have been disinvited

(Newser) - US health officials have told more than a half dozen of the nation's top medical organizations that they'll no longer help establish vaccination recommendations. The government told the organizations on Thursday via email that their experts are being disinvited from the workgroups that have been the backbone of...

Ship Went to Mexico, Got Hit With Montezuma's Revenge

More than 140 aboard Royal Caribbean's Navigator of the Seas catch stomach bug

(Newser) - It wasn't quite Carnival's "Poop Cruise," but a recent Royal Caribbean sailing saw enough passengers and crew members fall ill from a stomach bug that the trip likely won't go down as their favorite cruise of all time. Per NBC News , of nearly 4,000...

Kennedy's Vaccine Panel Picks Include Vaccine Skeptics

Health secretary names 8 new members to panel he just recently stripped

(Newser) - All those reassuring promises Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made before he was confirmed as President Trump's health secretary appear to have gone up in a puff of smoke, with Kennedy choosing an anti-vaccine activist and other well-known vaccine skeptics to join the CDC's independent vaccine advisory committee, which...

All 17 Members of Panel on Vaccines Are Ousted by RFK Jr.

Move clears way for Trump picks while seeming to reverse a confirmation pledge

(Newser) - Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Monday that he has removed the 17 members of a panel that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccines so that he can install people of his choosing. The move, he said in an oped piece in the Wall Street ...

Second Outbreak Linked to Same Cucumber Grower

FDA says salmonella outbreak has sickened people in at least 15 states

(Newser) - If you've bought cucumbers and you're not sure what grower they came from, you should throw them away and clean any surfaces they touched, officials recommend. The Food and Drug Administration has announced a recall for cucumbers grown by Florida-based Bedner Growers and distributed by Fresh Start Produce...

Salmonella Outbreak Sickens 7 in Multiple States

CDC investigating source after cases found in a half-dozen states from Missouri to Utah

(Newser) - A new salmonella outbreak linked to backyard poultry has sickened at least seven people in six states, the CDC reported Monday. According to the agency, cases have appeared in Missouri (two), and one each in Florida, Illinois, South Dakota, Utah, and Wisconsin, per the AP . All infections, which occurred...

Trump Calls for $163B in Cuts Next Year

President also wants to increase defense spending

(Newser) - President Trump unveiled a 2026 budget plan on Friday that calls for sweeping cuts to federal programs and an increase in defense spending. Some key highlights follow, though the Wall Street Journal offers a reminder that any presidential blueprint is largely a "symbolic wish list" meant to lay out...

'We're Going Backward' With Whooping Cough

Just like with measles, anti-vaccine sentiment is helping to spur outbreak that's double last year's

(Newser) - Whooping cough is making a strong comeback in the US, with cases already doubling numbers at the same time last year amid rising concerns over falling childhood vaccination rates. So far in 2025, more than 8,000 cases have been logged, according to preliminary data from the CDC. That...

Steep Cuts to FDA, CDC Workforces Announced

Kennedy says new round of 10K layoffs is part of 'dramatic restructuring'

(Newser) - Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says the department's workforce is shrinking by around a quarter in a "dramatic restructuring." In a Thursday press release , Kennedy said 10,000 jobs are being cut as "part of this most recent transformation." Combined with...

CDC's Shake-Up Deepens With 5 More Departures

Sources tell the AP the exits were announced at a high-level meeting

(Newser) - A surprising shake-up at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday now means nearly a third of the agency's top management has recently departed or plans to leave—raising questions about the future leadership and direction of the nation's foremost public health body. The AP reports...

TB Cases Spike to Highest Level Since 2011
Tuberculosis Is
Making a Comeback
Mar 22, 2025 11:30 AM CDT

Tuberculosis Is Making a Comeback

Bacterial disease reaches highest level in US in past 14 years

(Newser) - Tuberculosis continued to rise again in the US last year, reaching its highest levels in more than a dozen years. More than 10,300 cases were reported last year, an 8% increase from 2023 and the highest since 2011, according to preliminary data posted this month by the CDC. Both...

White House Withdraws Nominee to Run CDC

Former congressman Dave Weldon did not have the votes

(Newser) - The White House has withdrawn its nominee to run the CDC because it became clear that former Florida congressman David Weldon did not have the votes for confirmation, reports the AP . The Senate health committee announced Thursday morning that it was canceling a planned hearing on Weldon's nomination to...

CDC to Launch New Search for Vaccines-Autism Link

Agency cites Trump's speech to Congress

(Newser) - In spite of a body of scientific evidence that vaccines do not cause autism, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is launching a new study to look for a link. "As President Trump said in his Joint Address to Congress, the rate of autism in American children has...

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