Trump Tap the Deputy as interim CDC Director to RFK Jr.

The Trump administration has chosen the Deputy Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Jim O’nil to serve as the acting director of the Disease Control and Prevention Center (CDC), and after the administration’s current director, Susan Monarez, officials told The Hill.

In a statement from HHS on Wednesday, the White House confirmed its ouster, though Monarez is contesting his firing.

O’Neill is the Silicon Valley investor and former CEO of the Thiel Foundation, funded by Trump donor Peter Thiel. He previously served as the Assistant Deputy Secretary of the HHS during the George W. Bush administration.

He was sworn in as the Deputy Secretary in June.

White House Press Secretary Karolin Levit said on Thursday that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would announce the replacement of “very soon”.

The turmoil of leadership has sparked panic and anger between the public health groups and the Democrats in the Congress.

Four top CDC leaders submitted their resignation on Wednesday after the ouster of Monarez was ousted.

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In a lecture on the 27th, the O’Neill called for the food and the administration (FDA) mission to approach their decision to consider the effectiveness in his decision, saying that the agency should only consider protection.

O’Neill said at the time, “We should reform the FDA so that their sponsors approve of drugs after showing protection and allowed people to start using their own risk, but the risk of protection is not very high,” said O’Nil at the time.