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- Two Republican lawmakers are calling for the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to resign after it was reported a second healthcare worker in Dallas contracted the virus. Rep. Tom Marino (R-Pa.) said CDC Director Tom Frieden should resign “immediately,” faulting the health agency’s communications.
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Two Republican lawmakers are calling for the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to resign after it was reported a second healthcare worker in Dallas contracted the...
Dec 22, 2017 · He has been accused of sexual misconduct, including kissing and touching, with a female high school student at Hotchkiss in the mid-1970s. He has resigned from UC Irvine.
- On Zika: In the last year, federal health officials have issued 60 travel alerts, deployed more than 1,000 experts to Puerto Rico and other Zika hotspots, initiated 25 major studies and tested more than 147,000 lab specimens.
- On past, current and future infectious disease threats: "We've dealt with Ebola, H1N1 influenza, MERS, fungal meningitis. We're dealing now with influenza and drug-resistant bacteria," Dr. Frieden told Reuters. "
- What he hopes to see from Congress and the new administration: During Dr. Frieden's tenure as director, it took nine months of political back and forth for legislators to approve $1.1 billion in emergency Zika funds.
Oct 16, 2014 · Reuters. Two Republican members of Congress called Wednesday for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Tom Frieden to resign from his post after a second Texas health worker...
Sep 16, 2020 · Sept 16, 2020. After a few email glitches, we finally hooked up last night with Tom Frieden, the former head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The delay was fortuitous.
Aug 31, 2022 · The agency I used to lead is beset by slowness, impracticality, and lack of strategic thinking—but its mission is too essential to abandon. By Tom Frieden. The Atlantic. August 31, 2022.
Jan 31, 2018 · Published 12:37 PM PDT, January 31, 2018. NEW YORK (AP) — The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention resigned Wednesday over financial conflicts of interest involving her investments in health care businesses.
