MedPage Today October 6, 2025
Can the agency survive?
The last month was eventful. I want to catch you up on some things I’ve been doing, including an interview with Debra Houry, MD, MPH, one of the top CDC officials who resigned in late August in protest of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s firing of then-recently confirmed CDC Director Susan Monarez, PhD.
Before I share the interview though, I want to set it up with a brief reckoning of where things stand at the CDC. Folks, it ain’t pretty, but the agency is worth fighting to save.
A ‘Coup de CDC’
The CDC is now two distinct agencies — a house divided against itself. There are the career officers who continue to carry out...
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