Los Angeles, Sept. 2 -- Nine former chiefs of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have jointly criticised U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for "endangering" the health of Americans.
In an opinion essay published Monday in The New York Times, the nine officials, including seven former directors and two former acting directors, voiced alarm over the "wide-ranging impact" of Kennedy's recent decisions on the U.S. health security.
"What the health and human services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has done to the CDC and to our nation's public health system over the past several months -- culminating in his decision to fire Dr. Susan Monarez as CDC director days ago -- is unlike anyt...