As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reeled from the ousting of its director and departure of senior leaders, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday blasted the agency as a vector of misinformation and raised concerns among CDC staff that he would further undermine vaccine access.

“The agency is in trouble and we need to fix it,” Kennedy told Fox News on Thursday morning, faulting the CDC for listing vaccines among the top 10 advances in medical science. “It may be that some people should not be working there anymore.”

The White House on Wednesday evening announced the firing of CDC director Susan Monarez, a longtime federal government scientist nominated by President Donald Trump and confirmed by the Senate in July. Her attorneys have challeng

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