President Biden will name former North Carolina health official Dr. Mandy Cohen as the new CDC director.
Dr. Mandy Cohen, secretary of the state Department of Health and Human Services, speaks during a briefing on the coronavirus pandemic at the Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, on May 26, 2020. The White House announced that President Biden will name Dr. Mandy Cohen, a former North Carolina official, to be the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
She succeeds Dr. Rochelle Walensky, 54, who last month announced she was leaving at the end of June. Cohen's start date has not yet been announced. Her appointment does not require Senate confirmation.
The Atlanta-based federal agency had long been seen as a global leader on disease control and a reliable source of health information. But polls showed the public trust eroded, partly as a result of the CDC's missteps in dealing with COVID-19 and partly due to political attacks and misinformation campaigns.
She also has been an advocate. She was a founding member and former executive director of Doctors for America, which pushes to expand health insurance coverage and address racial and ethnic disparities. Another founder was Dr. Vivek Murthy, the surgeon general. The group formed in the midst of an effort to organize doctors into political action and support Barack Obama's candidacy for president.
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