{"id":2480436,"date":"2025-08-29T14:37:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T18:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/turmoil-in-healthcare-bureaucracy-was-a-given-once-rfk-jr-arrived-at-hhs\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T14:38:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T18:38:24","slug":"turmoil-in-healthcare-bureaucracy-was-a-given-once-rfk-jr-arrived-at-hhs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/turmoil-in-healthcare-bureaucracy-was-a-given-once-rfk-jr-arrived-at-hhs\/","title":{"rendered":"Turmoil in healthcare bureaucracy was a \u2018given\u2019 once RFK Jr arrived at HHS"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fturmoil-in-healthcare-bureaucracy-was-a-given-once-rfk-jr-arrived-at-hhs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2480436&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses political correspondent Byron YorkS commentary on the recent turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the leadership of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. York suggests that upheaval within the healthcare bureaucracy was certain once Kennedy took charge, given his long-standing skepticism of vaccines and controversial views predating COVID-19. The article highlights Kennedy&#8217;s push for the removal of CDC Director susan Monarez over vaccine policy disagreements, which led to resignations and Monarez&#8217;s escorted departure from CDC headquarters. Jim O&#8217;Neill was named acting CDC director amid the turmoil. York notes that Kennedy&#8217;s persistent focus on issues such as autism and vaccines challenges <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-donors-secretly-shaped-biden-administration-medicare-policy\/\" title=\"Democratic donors secretly shaped Biden administration Medicare policy\">evidence-based health policy<\/a> and is likely to require intervention from higher political authorities soon. Critics warn that Kennedy&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >leadership risks undermining public health efforts<\/a>, while supporters believe he challenges entrenched federal health agency interests. The white House plans to reveal more details about Kennedy&#8217;s public health agenda, including autism research and environmental factors, perhaps intensifying conflicts with the medical community. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Byron York says CDC turmoil was &lsquo;a given&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2215680\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> Chief Political Correspondent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/byron-york\/page\/4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Byron York<\/a> weighed in on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shake-up under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.&rsquo;s leadership, saying, &ldquo;turmoil in the healthcare bureaucracy was pretty much a given.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If this were only about coronavirus, and the vaccine for coronavirus, I&rsquo;m not sure the politics of it would be quite the same,&rdquo; York said, pushing back on the narrative that Kennedy is solely focused on anti-vaccine ideology.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3786816\/trump-taps-deputy-hhs-secretary-jim-oneill-lead-cdc-temporarily\/\">Trump taps Deputy HHS Secretary Jim O&#8217;Neill to lead CDC temporarily<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3786639\/cdc-firing-susan-monarez-earns-applause-maha\/\">CDC firing gets applause from MAHA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3786637\/rfk-jr-cdc-changes-trump-fires-monarez-malaise\/\">RFK Jr. defends CDC changes after Trump fires health chief: &lsquo;Malaise at the agency&rsquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3102334&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=77b3cbd3c2355a099d30fd8eb4430c3d\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;We know RFK Jr. has been a vaccine skeptic for a very, very long&nbsp;time, long before COVID and turmoil in the healthcare bureaucracy was pretty much a given, once he arrived as head of HHS. He&rsquo;s not going to change his ideas,&rdquo; York said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Special Report <\/em>Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3493017\/rfk-jr-s-war-on-vaccines-and-public-health-continues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>OPINION: RFK JR.&rsquo;S WAR ON VACCINES AND PUBLIC HEALTH CONTINUES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>His comments come after Kennedy set off a wave of resignations and turmoil at the CDC this week by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3786264\/white-house-defends-trump-firing-cdc-director-not-aligned-mission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pushing for the removal <\/a>of Director Susan Monarez only a month into her tenure, reportedly over vaccine policy disagreements.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The standoff culminated with Monarez being escorted from CDC headquarters in Atlanta along with two senior officials. Kennedy&rsquo;s deputy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3786816\/trump-taps-deputy-hhs-secretary-jim-oneill-lead-cdc-temporarily\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jim O&rsquo;Neill<\/a>, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-10-best-jim-acosta-moments\/\" title=\"Top 10 &#039;Best&#039; ... Acosta Moments\">named acting director<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He still goes on about autism, and vaccine, and other issues,&rdquo; York said. &ldquo;This is something the president is probably going to have to settle, and I think it&rsquo;s going to get to that level really soon.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy is no stranger to controversy. He is well-known for his long-standing skepticism of vaccine safety and promotion of theories that have drawn sharp criticism from the medical community. Before his appointment to lead HHS, Kennedy raised alarms by claiming vaccines are linked to autism, a <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/00333549231163551\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">view that is widely discredited by medical science<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3323509\/rfk-jr-reprehensible-anti-vaccine-crusade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OPINION: RFK JR.&rsquo;S REPREHENSIBLE ANTI-VACCINE CRUSADE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>His critics argue that his leadership poses a risk to evidence-based health policy, while his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3786639\/cdc-firing-susan-monarez-earns-applause-maha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">supporters<\/a> say he is confronting entrenched interests and voicing concerns long ignored by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-dodges-question-on-teachers-safely-returning-back-to-schools\/\" title=\"Harris dodges question on teachers safely returning back to schools\">federal health agencies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;White House <\/a><\/span>said it will provide more details in September regarding Kennedy&rsquo;s public health agenda, including a controversial focus on autism research and environmental factors, setting the stage for potentially even more friction between Kennedy&rsquo;s team and the medical establishment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Byron York: CDC turmoil under RFK Jr. was inevitable<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3970,"featured_media":2480437,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-collage-ke3i0actp-1756407969493-1.webp?w=300","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[15016,4606,8235,50401,14848],"class_list":["post-2480436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bureaucracy","tag-healthcare","tag-hhs","tag-rfk-jr-2","tag-turmoil"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-collage-ke3i0actp-1756407969493-1.webp?w=300","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2480436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3970"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2480436"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2480436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2480440,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2480436\/revisions\/2480440"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2480437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2480436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2480436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2480436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}