Archive · 2 Sep 2025
RFK Jr. Sets CDC Priorities After Leadership Shake-Up
Imagine the CDC is like a team that helps keep everyone healthy.
The boss of the team was fired, and now a new leader, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is telling the team what to do.
He wants them to focus on fighting diseases and making sure vaccines are safe.
He also wants the team to watch out for new sicknesses and find ways to stop them.
This comes after some people left the team.
The new leader said he removed some people because they didn't want to change things.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. set new priorities for the CDC.
The former CDC director was fired by Kennedy.
Kennedy's op-ed appeared in the Wall Street Journal.
The CDC is based in Atlanta.
Kennedy cited the CDC's COVID-19 response as a reason for change.
- Who
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr., CDC
- What
- Outlined new priorities for the CDC in an opinion piece.
- When
- After CDC director was fired.
- Where
- Atlanta, in a Wall Street Journal op-ed.
- Why
- To shift focus back to infectious diseases and pandemic response
- HHS Secretary
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- CDC Director Fired
- Susan Monarez
- Monarez Confirmed
- July
- Op-Ed Publication
- Wall Street Journal
- Biothreat Radar
- Earmarked for next year's budget