The Donald Trump White House’s decision to fire Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez has enraged the nation’s leading physician groups who say the upheaval at CDC has put the nation’s health at risk, doctors organizations said Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025. In this photo is, the CDC the Centers For Disease Control (CDC) Global Headquarters on August 9, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images) Getty Images

The Donald Trump White House’s decision to fire Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez has enraged the nation’s leading physician groups who say the upheaval at CDC has put the nation’s health at risk.

The ouster of Monarez , an infectious disease researcher who was sworn in less than a month ago, had been dis

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