"In a New York Times essay, nine officials said Kennedy’s leadership at HHS ‘should alarm every American’" 

"Nine former officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have said that Robert F Kennedy Jr’s leadership of the US health and human services department is “unlike anything our country has ever experienced” and “unacceptable”. They also warned that Kennedy’s leadership “should alarm every American, regardless of political leanings”.

In a guest essay for the New York Times, the former CDC leaders said Kennedy’s actions were “unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency”.

The letter comes days after Kennedy sought to dismiss Susan Monarez, the CDC director he appointed just months earlier. Monarez refused to leave her post, and was later fired by Donald Trump. Monarez said through lawyers the clash came after she refused to sign off on Kennedy’s directives."

Edward Helmore reports for the Guardian September 1, 2025. [2]

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"We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health" (New York Times) [3]