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CDC employees are demoralized following the firing of the director, resignations of top officials, and vaccine policy changes under Robert F Kennedy Jr's leadership. The agency faces a bleak future amid staff departures and uncertainty.

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Inside the C.D.C., a Growing Sense of Despair

By Apoorva Mandavilli

Aug. 28, 2025

For employees of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the hits keep coming.

The Covid-19 pandemic made the agency a frequent target of lawmakers and segments of the general public. Events took an even darker turn when a gunman opened fire on C.D.C. headquarters in Atlanta this month, spraying hundreds of bullets and killing a police officer.

And on Wednesday, employees reeled from news that the agency’s new director, Susan Monarez, had been fired after less than a month on the job — followed by her announcement that she was refusing to leave.

On Thursday morning, three senior officials were escorted from the building after announcing on Wednesday that they would quit over Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy’s vaccine policies. Staff members gathered outside the C.D.C.’s gates to celebrate the leaders who had resigned.

“It’s brutal,” one employee said. “Everyone is in tears because we love...

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