Irish Examiner view: White House threat to global health research beggars belief

Legitimising the anti-science outlook of Robert F Kennedy Jr has a negative effect everywhere, Ireland included

US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. The attempt to fire Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Susan Monarez — an infectious disease researcher — is thought to have come amid a clash with Kennedy. Picture: Mark Thiessen/AP

The Trump White House is a reliable source of chaos, and this week has been no different.

One of the biggest stories emerging from the US in recent days is the relationship between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the US president, insofar as there is any relationship at all.