The White House says the director of America's public health agency has been sacked less than a month after she was sworn in.

The ousting of Susan Monarez from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has triggered a wave of resignations, amid backlash against health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr.

Earlier this month, the vaccine-sceptic announced $500m (£375.8m) worth of cuts to their development in the US, having sacked all members of the CDC's expert advisory panel on jabs.

He's also ditched federal recommendations for pregnant women and healthy children to have COVID shots.

Announcing Dr Monarez's departure on Wednesday night, a White House spokesman said she was not "aligned with the president's agenda of making America healthy again".

Her lawyers said she had not

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