WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate’s health panel will need to act following the firing of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez, its chairman said after the White House announced her termination less than one month after she took her post.

“These high profile departures will require oversight by the HELP Committee,” U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Chairman Bill Cassidy said in a post on X late Wednesday as CDC Chief Medical Officer Debra Houry and National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases Director Demetre Daskalakis also announced their resignations.

The White House earlier on Wednesday said that Monarez had been fired because she “refused to resign despite informing HHS leadership of her intent to do s

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