The former head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said she was fired last month for refusing to sign off on changes to vaccine policy "regardless of the scientific evidence." Dr Susan Monarez also told a Senate committee on ...

In a few minutes, we'll speak with the former senior leader at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Anne Schuchat, about the shake-up at the health agency and how that may affect the country's ability to respond to a future pandemic. LEILA FADEL ...

Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Susan Monarez never contacted the chair of the vaccine advisory committee at the center of her high-profile dispute with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the chair ...

Abraham is the latest anti-vax appointment Kennedy has made to the agency. Notably, Kennedy fired every member of an advisory board in the CDC that was tasked with providing advice on vaccines, replacing those vacancies this past summer with people who harbor anti-vaccine views similar to his own.