CDC officials escorted from headquarters as chaos engulfs public health agency
MIKE STOBBE, AMANDA SEITZ and CHRIS MEGERIAN
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U.S. President Donald Trump, left, speaks as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. listens May 22 in the East Room of the White House in Washington.
Jacquelyn Martin, Associated Press
Susan Monarez, then President Donald Trump's nominee to be director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, arrives to testify June 25 before the Senate HELP Committee at the Capitol in Washington.
J. Scott Applewhite, Associated Press
Workers and supporters gather Thursday to rally for the departing scientific leaders at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outside the CDC headquarters in Atlanta.
Ben Gray, Associated Press
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears Wednesday at the state Capitol in Austin, Texas.
Mikala Compton, Austin American-Statesman
Dr. Demetre Daskalakis speaks Sept. 7 during a news briefing at the White House in Washington.
Patrick Semansky, Associated Press
CDC participants listen to speakers during a June 25 meeting of the Advisory Committee in Immunization Practices in Atlanta.
MIKE STOBBE, AMANDA SEITZ and CHRIS MEGERIAN
Associated Press
NEW YORK — The nation's top public health agency was left reeling Thursday as the White House worked to expel the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director and replace her with a top adviser to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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U.S. President Donald Trump, left, speaks as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. listens May 22 in the East Room of the White House in Washington.
Susan Monarez, then President Donald Trump's nominee to be director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, arrives to testify June 25 before the Senate HELP Committee at the Capitol in Washington.
Workers and supporters gather Thursday to rally for the departing scientific leaders at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outside the CDC headquarters in Atlanta.