The White House has fired Susan Monarez, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), after she refused to resign due to being "not aligned with the president's agenda." This dismissal was promptly followed by the resignations of at least three senior CDC leaders.

• Susan Monarez was the first CDC director in 50 years without a medical degree.
• Among those who resigned were Chief Medical Officer Debra Houry and Demetre Daskalakis, Head of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, who cited "the ongoing weaponising of public health."
• The exodus occurs amidst concerns from health experts regarding the agency's approach to immunizations under Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, a vaccine skeptic.