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May 5, 2023 · Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, submitted her resignation Friday, saying the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic was a good time to make a...
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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 · Rochelle Walensky, who led the CDC during the pandemic, resigns. Dr. Rochelle Walensky is leaving her post leading the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, citing progress in the...
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 tenure at the...
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...
May 5, 2023 · HealthDay. FRIDAY, May 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, announced Friday that she will resign on June 30. Her...
Jun 20, 2023 · Mary Altaffer. Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, Tuesday, June 20, 2023, in New York.
