RFK Jr ‘endangering’ Americans, say former CDC bosses
Nine former leaders of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have spoken out against Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, publishing an open letter that criticises his policies - including restricting vaccines, pulling funding for research, and firing thousands of healthcare workers.
They also wrote in an open letter that last week's removal of Dr Susan Monarez as CDC director - which was followed by a string of resignations in protest - added fuel to a "raging fire".
Kennedy, meanwhile, said on Tuesday that the CDC had strayed from its "core mission".
He added that public trust in the organization had been hurt by "bureaucratic inertia, politicized science and mission creep".
In their open letter in the New York Times, the former health leaders said the s...