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Jun 27, 2023 · D r. Rochelle Walensky became director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2021, a fraught time in the country’s public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aug 7, 2020 · The CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases Director Nancy Messonier had said during a press briefing days earlier, on Feb. 25, that "disruptions to everyday life may be ...
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Dec 21, 2023 · Walensky, who was head of MGH’s Division of Infectious Diseases before leaving for the CDC, walked the audience through her assessment of the case and diagnosis. The student likely had influenza — 1923 was just a few years after the 1918 Spanish flu outbreak — complicated by pneumonia caused by a bacterial infection, she said.
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 the same day the World Health Organization declared that, for the first time since Jan. 30, 2020, COVID-19 is no longer a global public health emergency.
Apr 1, 2021 · For months on end, Walke has been pulling 13-hour work days as the COVID-19 incident response manager at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a job he took on last July. He never ...
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Dec 13, 2023 · Walensky, who served as CDC director from 2021-2023, began her term during the COVID-19 pandemic, around the same time that the first mass vaccination campaigns were being rolled out across the country. The key question at the time was whether the vaccines were effective—a question that could not be readily answered using health data in the U.S.
Jun 13, 2023 · CDC built the public health infrastructure for adult vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, unless we are able to leverage and sustain the investments made to create this infrastructure, we will be in the same position we were in January 2020 the next time there is an outbreak of a vaccine- preventable disease.
