CDC director ouster came after clashes over vaccines and more

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Details about the events leading up to the firing of former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez and the resignations of four other high-ranking scientists have come to light, illustrating a dramatic conflict over vaccine policy.

Allies of the five former CDC officials have leapt to defend their scientific integrity against Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose rhetoric and vaccine policies they blame for the conflict.

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