Monarez was ousted after refusing to bend to pressure from top HHS officials to sign off on potential new vaccine restrictions, according to people familiar with the matter.
In a statement Wednesday, HHS Communications Director Andrew Nixon told CNN, “Secretary Kennedy has been clear: the CDC has been broken for a long time.
Restoring it as the world’s most trusted guardian of public health will take sustained reform and more personnel changes.
“From his first day in office, he pledged to check his assumptions at the door—and he asked every HHS colleague to do the same,” Nixon continued.
He then called for the September 18 scheduled meeting of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to be postponed indefinitely.
“These decisions directly impact children’s health and the meeting should not occur until significant oversight has been conducted.
Separately, Kennedy is scheduled to testify before the Senate Committee on Finance on Thursday morning in a hearing titled “the president’s 2026 health care agenda.”. »
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