WASHINGTON — U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez has left the agency less than a month after being sworn in, the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed on Wednesday, and three senior officials have resigned.

CDC Chief Medical Officer Debra Houry and National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases Director Demetre Daskalakis are also out after resigning, Houry told Reuters.

National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases Director Daniel Jernigan has also resigned, days after the agency reported the first U.S. human case of screwworm linked to an ongoing outbreak in Central America.

Reuters has reviewed their resignation letters.

“I am not able to serve in this role any longer because of the ongoing weaponizing of publ

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