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Former directors of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday rebuked Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for his leadership at the agency and for his decision to fire its director, Susan Monarez.

In a New York Times op-ed, nine former CDC directors and acting directors — who have served under every administration since former President Carter — sounded the alarm about the changes Kennedy has made at the CDC, which they described as alarming.

“What Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has done to the C.D.C. and to our nation’s public health system over the past several months — culminating in his decision to fire Dr. Susan Monarez as C.D.C. director days ago — is unlike a

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