President Trump’s administration is facing fallout from this week’s leadership shakeup at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), where the agency’s director was terminated and other top officials resigned.

The president fired Susan Monarez on Wednesday after she clashed with Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., over vaccine policy. Monarez is contesting her firing.

After Monarez’s firing, Demetre C. Daskalakis, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Daniel Jernigan, director of the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, and CDC Chief Medical Officer Debra Houry resigned, arguing that the recent leadership changes are barring them from fulfilling their roles as public health officials.

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