"The CDC's chief medical officer Debra Houry also resigned her position, according to internal emails viewed by Axios. Daniel Jernigan, CDC's director of the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases and the CDC's director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases Demetre Daskalakis, also resigned their posts on Wednesday, according to the emails. Requests for comment from HHS and the White House were not immediately returned."
"Monarez's departure comes the same day HHS announced it will limit who is eligible for COVID vaccines. During her brief tenure, the agency was targeted in an attack on its Atlanta headquarters by a gunman influenced by anti-vaccine rhetoric and moved ahead with hundreds of job cuts. Between the lines: Monarez was confirmed to the job on July 29 after being nominated in May by President Trump following the withdrawal of his first pick Dave Weldon was pulled."
Debra Houry resigned as CDC chief medical officer, and Daniel Jernigan and Demetre Daskalakis resigned from their CDC directorships, according to internal emails. HHS did not immediately respond to comment requests. Monarez departed the same day HHS announced limits on COVID vaccine eligibility. During Monarez's brief tenure, the agency endured a gunman attack at its Atlanta headquarters influenced by anti-vaccine rhetoric and implemented hundreds of job cuts. Monarez was confirmed July 29 after a May nomination by President Trump following the withdrawal of his first pick, Dave Weldon. The departures continue a string of abrupt federal health personnel changes.
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