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White House appoints interim CDC director; standoff continues with former director

— The White House has appointed Department of Health and Human Services Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill as interim director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, The Washington Post has reported.

The attorneys for its just-terminated director maintain she has not been fired and will not resign.

At a press briefing Thursday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that President …

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