For 28 days last summer, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had a director who had been confirmed by the Senate. But in less time than it took Susan Monarez to get approved, she was fired ...

Susan Monarez was fired in August 2025 as director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a move that drew attention amid broader debates over the direction of federal health policy ...

HHS Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill and General Counsel Mike Stuart plan to step down from their roles, Politico reported Feb. 13. The two senior leaders are being offered other positions within the ...

Jim O'Neill was deputy secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services and also acting director of the CDC after the abrupt ouster of Susan Monarez in August 2025.

The Department of Health and Human Services attempted to oust CDC director Susan Monarez, but she's not going down without a fight. Why it matters: Under Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the HHS has made a ...

O’Neill, who was named acting director of the CDC after the ouster of Susan Monarez, had no formal public health or medical background.

Joe Walsh is a senior editor for digital politics at CBS News. Joe previously covered breaking news for Forbes and local news in Boston. Monarez continued in her opening statement that she agrees with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ousted CDC chief Dr. Susan Monarez ripped into her former boss, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., ...

WASHINGTON — Fired Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez accused her ex-boss, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., of demanding she pre-approve ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In her first public appearance since her ousting last month, Susan Monarez testified before the Senate health committee on Sept.

Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez testifies before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing on Capitol Hill, in Washington ...