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May 5, 2023 · Health Care. CDC head resigns, blindsiding many health officials Rochelle Walensky acknowledged the agency did not meet expectations during the pandemic and launched a reorganization.
Jun 20, 2023 · She became CDC director in January 2021, on the first day of the Biden administration. It was near the beginning of a national COVID-19 vaccination campaign that was expected to turn the tide, but saw additional waves of illness and death as new versions of the coronavirus emerged.
May 5, 2023 · On Thursday, the CDC reported that in 2022, COVID-19 was the fourth-leading cause of death in the U.S., behind heart disease, cancer, and unintentional injuries, according to provisional data ...
May 5, 2023 · COVID-19 deaths in Georgia and across the U.S. are at their lowest point since the earliest days of the pandemic in early 2020. Walensky, 54, has been the agency’s director for a little over two ...
May 5, 2023 · Dr. Daniel Pollock, who led Covid surveillance for a few months in 2020 and retired in November 2021 after 37 years at the agency, said: “The timing of this leadership transition is very ...
May 5, 2023 · NEW YORK - 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 ...
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 .
