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Former CDC Chief Medical Officer and Other Officials Leave Agency Amid Measles Outbreak Response
Debra Houry resigned along with other top officials after disagreeing with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s measles guidance. She said the advice favored an existing agenda over scientific recommendations for vaccination.
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Former CDC Chief Medical Officer Debra Houry left the agency in protest along with other top health officials, @CBSNews reported. Houry said HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ” She stated that officials needed to urge vaccination for those who had not yet received the shots.
Instead, she said, the secretary discussed healers, steroids, antibiotics, and vitamin A as treatments. Houry added that people were taking too much vitamin A because messaging had suggested it was helpful for measles. The departures occurred amid the ongoing measles outbreak response.
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