What happened

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Thursday night informed Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employees that he had installed his deputy, Jim O'Neill, as acting CDC director, a day after the White House said it had fired Susan Monarez, the recently Senate-confirmed director, at Kennedy's request.

Monarez's ouster led three other top CDC officials to quit, and hundreds of CDC staffers gathered to cheer them Thursday as they were escorted from the agency's Atlanta headquarters.

Who said what

CDC staff are "openly revolting" over Monarez's contested firing and "months of tension over vaccine policy and staffing cuts," The Washington Post said. The turmoil has also "triggered rare bipartisan alarm," The Associated Press said. Kennedy "has not explained the de

See Full Page