Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Thursday that he is addressing problems at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) amid a wave of high-profile resignations following the ouster of the agency’s director.

In an interview on Fox News’s “Fox & Friends,” Kennedy said he was not surprised that four top CDC officials resigned after the White House fired Susan Monarez, who was sworn into the post just a month earlier.

“No, it has not caught us by surprise,” Kennedy said in the interview. “Again, I cannot comment on personnel issues, but the agency is in trouble, and we need to fix it — and we are fixing it — and it may be that some people should not be working there anymore.”

The New York Times reported on Wednesday that Kennedy told Monarez to res

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