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May 5, 2023 · CDC Director Rochelle Walensky says she will step down in June - Los Angeles Times. Advertisement. World & Nation. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky says she will step down in June. Walensky...
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Walensky’s supporters point to her success in overseeing the vaccination of millions of Americans against Covid, the successful effort to control the mpox outbreak of 2022, and her efforts to improve the CDC. But her critics, including many Republicans in Congress, see Walensky as responsible for confusing public health messaging that didn’t help e...
Walensky was appointed in December 2020 by then-President-elect Biden. As the head of Massachusetts General Hospital’s infectious disease division and a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, Walenksy was widely respected in public health circles for her work, including decades of HIV research. But her lack of experience navigating a fede...
Both the Covid and mpox crises raised fundamental questions about the way the CDC functions within the federal government. Allegations from lawmakers that the nation’s premier public health agency has been compromised by political pressure did not end with the Trump administration, they just started to come from Republicans. At the same time, publi...
May 5, 2023 · Dr. Rochelle Walensky is stepping down as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, citing the nation's progress in coping with COVID-19. Walensky announced the move on...
May 5, 2023 · Walensky’s last day will be June 30, CDC officials said, and an interim director wasn’t immediately named. She sent a resignation letter to President Joe Biden and announced the decision at a CDC staff meeting. Walensky, 54, has been the agency’s director for a little over two years, and the announcement took many health experts by surprise.
Jun 20, 2023 · News. Homepage. Outgoing CDC Director Says Resignation Spurred by Sense of Accomplishment and Exhaustion. The outgoing head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said her reasons...
May 5, 2023 · May 5, 2023. Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will step down from her position on June 30, she announced on Friday, capping a tumultuous...
May 5, 2023 · Walensky submitted her resignation Friday, May 5, 2023, saying the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic was a good time to make a transition. Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP. Walensky, 54, has been the...
