New CDC Acting Director Faces Challenges Amid Controversy and Uncertainty
TL;DR
Jim O'Neill, a biotech investor and former HHS deputy, has been appointed as the acting CDC director amid controversy due to his lack of medical background and history of supporting unproven COVID treatments and political rhetoric, raising concerns about his influence on public health policies.
- What to know about Jim O'Neill, new acting CDC director Axios
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- The new head of the CDC has no training in medicine and once helped Peter Thiel develop man-made islands floating outside U.S. territory Fortune
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