{"id":12840706,"date":"2025-09-02T19:52:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T23:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.philstockworld.com\/?p=12840706"},"modified":"2025-09-02T22:27:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T02:27:22","slug":"we-ran-the-c-d-c-kennedy-is-endangering-every-americans-health-shared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.philstockworld.com\/2025\/09\/02\/we-ran-the-c-d-c-kennedy-is-endangering-every-americans-health-shared\/","title":{"rendered":"We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American\u2019s Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"css-16uri30 euiyums1\">\n<div class=\"css-1vkm6nb ehdk2mb0\">\n<h2 id=\"link-4578e4d5\" class=\"css-1khwk7e e1h9rw200\" data-testid=\"headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/09\/01\/opinion\/cdc-leaders-kennedy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ik8.DZbv.DTZKS9XFPvsr&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American\u2019s Health<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-p6m5rf\">\n<div class=\"byline-container css-t91cuf epjyd6m2\">\n<div class=\"css-ehpuw4 epjyd6m1\">\n<p class=\"css-1tx0lhj e1jsehar1\"><span class=\"byline-prefix\">By\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-1m8js5u\">Richard Besser, <\/span><span class=\"css-1m8js5u\">Mandy K. Cohen, <\/span><span class=\"css-1m8js5u\">William Foege, <\/span><span class=\"css-1m8js5u\">Tom Frieden, <\/span><span class=\"css-1m8js5u\">Jeffrey Koplan, <\/span><span class=\"css-1m8js5u\">William Roper, <\/span><span class=\"css-1m8js5u\">David Satcher, <\/span><span class=\"css-1baulvz\">Anne Schuchat<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span class=\"css-1baulvz last-byline\">Rochelle P. Walensky, NY Times\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-4q3lf8 epjyd6m0\">\n<div id=\"enhanced-byline\" class=\"css-8atqhb\">\n<p class=\"css-1npznau e1wtpvyy0\"><em>The authors previously led the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as directors or acting directors under Republican and Democratic administrations.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"meteredContent css-ar1ez3\">\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">We have each had the honor and privilege of serving as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, either in a permanent or an acting capacity, dating back to 1977. Collectively, we spent more than 100 years working at the C.D.C., the world\u2019s pre-eminent public health agency. We served under multiple Republican and Democratic administrations \u2014 every president from Jimmy Carter to Donald Trump \u2014 alongside thousands of dedicated staff members who shared our commitment to saving lives and improving health.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">What the health and human services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has done to the C.D.C. and to our nation\u2019s public health system over the past several months \u2014 culminating in his decision to fire Susan Monarez as C.D.C. director days ago \u2014 is unlike anything we had ever seen at the agency and unlike anything our country had ever experienced.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/09\/01\/opinion\/cdc-leaders-kennedy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ik8.DZbv.DTZKS9XFPvsr&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shared here &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American\u2019s Health By\u00a0Richard Besser, Mandy K. Cohen, William Foege, Tom Frieden, Jeffrey Koplan, William Roper, David Satcher, Anne Schuchat\u00a0and\u00a0Rochelle P. Walensky, NY Times\u00a0 The authors previously led the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as directors or acting directors under Republican and Democratic administrations. 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