The White House said late Wednesday that it had fired Susan Monarez , director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), after less than one month in the job.

Monarez, 50, isn’t “aligned with” U.S. President Donald Trump’s agenda of “Making America Healthy Again” and refused to resign, so the White House terminated her position with the CDC , spokesperson Kush Desai said on Wednesday night.

The infectious disease researcher was sworn in on July 31 by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Her lawyers argue that her dismissal was retaliation for standing up for science.

“When CDC Director Susan Monarez refused to rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives and fire dedicated health experts, she chose protecting the public over serving a political agenda. For

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