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As the position of director of the CDC does not require Senate confirmation to take office, Walensky's tenure at the CDC began on January 20, 2021. On August 3, 2021, Walensky instituted a 60-day extension of a federal COVID-related ban, which had just expired, on landlords evicting their tenants.
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In June 2023, President Joe Biden appointed Cohen director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, succeeding Rochelle Walensky. Cohen was sworn in on July 10, 2023. In her capacity as Director of the CDC, Cohen also serves as Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
In February 2020, as the CDC's early coronavirus test malfunctioned nationwide, CDC Director Robert R. Redfield reassured fellow officials on the White House Coronavirus Task Force that the problem would be quickly solved, according to White House officials. It took about three weeks to sort out the failed test kits, which may have been ...
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Aug 1, 2023 · NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Dr. Mandy Cohen, the new director of the CDC, about her vision for the agency in the wake of COVID and how to prepare for fall surges of flu and COVID.
Sep 24, 2021 · Published Sept. 24, 2021 Updated Oct. 21, 2021. The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday overruled a recommendation by an agency advisory panel that had refused to...
Jun 20, 2023 · What to know about the new CDC Director Mandy Cohen. By Pien Huang. Published June 20, 2023 at 4:31 PM EDT. Listen • 3:54. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is getting a new director. President Biden has named Dr. Mandy Cohen to the role. She's the former health secretary for North Carolina.
Jun 25, 2021 · NPR's Audie Cornish checks in with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky about vaccinations, variants and the current state of the pandemic.
