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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.
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 ...
Jun 20, 2023 · Published 2:01 PM PDT, June 20, 2023. NEW YORK (AP) — The outgoing head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday her reasons for stepping down were complicated, driven in part by a desire to take a break from the frenetic pace of the job during a pandemic.
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...
May 5, 2023 · She leaves at a time when the national COVID-19 death toll stands at about 1.1 million. Reported cases, hospitalizations and deaths have all been trending down for months.
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 transition. Walensky's last day will be June 30, CDC officials said, and an interim director wasn’t immediately named. Walensky, 54, has been the agency's director for a little over two years, and the ...
May 5, 2023 · Walensky, 54, will officially leave her office on June 30. Biden selected Walensky to lead the CDC only a month after winning the 2020 presidential election. At the time, Walensky, an infectious disease physician, was teaching at Harvard Medical School and working at hospitals in Boston. In response to Walensky's resignation, Biden credited her ...