Medical Groups Call on US Health Secretary to Step Down

Multiple health groups and medical associations called on US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr to step down in a joint statement on Sept 3, saying he was disregarding decades of life-saving science and reversing medical progress.

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The statement, signed by more than 20 groups, comes after multiple former directors of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Mr Kennedy's decisions — culminating in last week's firing of the CDC's director — are putting Americans' health at risk.

"Our country needs leadership that will promote open, honest dialogue, not disregard decades of life-saving science, spread misinformation, reverse medical progress and decimate programmes that keep us safe," the statement released on Sept 3 said.