{"id":273275,"date":"2025-08-29T03:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T02:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-the-trump-admins-firing-of-disease-control-agency-director-in-line-with-scientific-directives\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T03:00:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T02:00:15","slug":"is-the-trump-admins-firing-of-disease-control-agency-director-in-line-with-scientific-directives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-the-trump-admins-firing-of-disease-control-agency-director-in-line-with-scientific-directives\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Trump admin&#8217;s firing of disease control agency director in line with scientific directives?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/0o3R-GC_W64\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Is the Trump admin's firing of disease control agency director in line with scientific directives?\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0o3R-GC_W64\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention agency &#8211; seen by many researchers as the world&#8217;s gold standard in public health &#8211; is without a director and other top officials. The White House fired director Susan Monarez less than a month after she was sworn-in. A close associate says she was ousted after refusing to sign off on changes to vaccines put forward by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior. The White House says a replacement will be named &quot;soon.&quot; <\/p>\n<p>DW speaks to Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding on the Trump administration&#8217;s latest attack on US health institutions. <\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention agency &#8211; seen by many researchers as the world&#8217;s gold standard in public health &#8211; is without a director and other top officials. The White House fired director Susan Monarez less than a month after she was sworn-in. 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