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Statement by CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky on the Appointment of Dr. Mandy Cohen as the 20th CDC Director July 5th, 2023Lynn Kennedy

Statement by CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky on the Appointment of Dr. Mandy Cohen as the 20th CDC Director

July 5, 2023News & Updates20th, Appointment, Cohen, Director, Mandy, Rochelle, Statement, WalenskyLynn Kennedy

Today, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky issued the following statement in response to President Biden’s announcement that he intends to appoint Dr. Mandy Cohen to be the next CDC director.

Walensky Announces Departure from CDC May 6th, 2023Gwendolyn Fleming

Walensky Announces Departure from CDC

May 6, 2023News & UpdatesAnnounces, Departure, from, WalenskyGwendolyn Fleming

CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky announced today her intent to depart the agency at the end of June. Walensky has led CDC through a transition to greater normalcy across the country, after two years of COVID-19 related closures and waves of dangerous, new virus variants.

Media Statement from CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, on Signing the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' Recommendation for an Additional Dose of an mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine in Moderately to Severely Immunocompromised People September 15th, 2021Romeo Brown

Media Statement from CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, on Signing the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' Recommendation for an Additional Dose of an mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine in Moderately to Severely Immunocompromised People

September 15, 2021News & UpdatesAdditional, Advisory, Committee, COVID19, Director, Dose, from, Immunization, Immunocompromised, Media, Moderately, mRNA, People, Practices&#039, recommendation, Rochelle, Severely, Signing, Statement, Vaccine, WalenskyRomeo Brown

Media Statement from CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, on Signing the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ Recommendation for an Additional Dose of an mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine in Moderately to Severely Immunocompromised People.

Statement from CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH on Today's MMWR August 1st, 2021Helen Hopkins

Statement from CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH on Today's MMWR

August 1, 2021News & UpdatesDirector, from, MMWR, Rochelle, Statement, Today&#039s, WalenskyHelen Hopkins

CDC works 24/7 saving lives, protecting people from health threats, and saving money to have a more secure nation. A US federal agency, CDC helps make the healthy choice the easy choice by putting science and prevention into action. CDC works to help people live longer, healthier and more productive lives.

Media Statement from CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, on 40 years since CDC published its first report on HIV in the United States June 5th, 2021Jamie Sibley

Media Statement from CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, on 40 years since CDC published its first report on HIV in the United States

June 5, 2021News & UpdatesDirector, First, from, Media, published, Report, Rochelle, Since, Statement, States, United, Walensky, yearsJamie Sibley

Forty years ago, CDC first reported on Pneumocystis pneumonia in five previously healthy young gay men in Los Angeles. Published on June 5, 1981, in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), this was the first CDC report of what would be known as HIV.

Statement from CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH June 5th, 2021Malcom Marin

Statement from CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH

June 5, 2021News & UpdatesDirector, from, Rochelle, Statement, WalenskyMalcom Marin

On May 12, 2021, CDC recommended use of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in people aged 12 years and up based on the safety and efficacy of the vaccine in adolescents following clinical trials. At the time, there was a growing body of evidence that demonstrated the severe health impacts of COVID-19 on adolescents.

Media Statement from CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, On COVID-19 Vaccination at Dialysis Centers April 13th, 2021Elizabeth Daniels

Media Statement from CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, On COVID-19 Vaccination at Dialysis Centers

April 13, 2021News & UpdatesCenters, COVID19, Dialysis, Director, from, Media, Rochelle, Statement, Vaccination, WalenskyElizabeth Daniels

CDC works 24/7 saving lives, protecting people from health threats, and saving money to have a more secure nation. A US federal agency, CDC helps make the healthy choice the easy choice by putting science and prevention into action. CDC works to help people live longer, healthier and more productive lives.

Media Statement from CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, on Extending the Eviction Moratorium April 11th, 2021Courtney Buxton

Media Statement from CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, on Extending the Eviction Moratorium

April 11, 2021News & UpdatesDirector, Eviction, Extending, from, Media, Moratorium, Rochelle, Statement, WalenskyCourtney Buxton

CDC works 24/7 saving lives, protecting people from health threats, and saving money to have a more secure nation. A US federal agency, CDC helps make the healthy choice the easy choice by putting science and prevention into action. CDC works to help people live longer, healthier and more productive lives.

Media Statement from CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, on Racism and Health April 9th, 2021Leslie Galloway

Media Statement from CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, on Racism and Health

April 9, 2021News & UpdatesDirector, from, Health, Media, Racism, Rochelle, Statement, WalenskyLeslie Galloway

Today, Rochelle P. Walensky MD, MPH, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), declared racism a serious public health threat.

Media Statement from CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, In Observance of One-Year Pandemic Milestone March 13th, 2021Douglas Hernandez

Media Statement from CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, In Observance of One-Year Pandemic Milestone

March 13, 2021News & UpdatesDirector, from, Media, Milestone, Observance, OneYear, Pandemic, Rochelle, Statement, WalenskyDouglas Hernandez

CDC works 24/7 saving lives, protecting people from health threats, and saving money to have a more secure nation. A US federal agency, CDC helps make the healthy choice the easy choice by putting science and prevention into action. CDC works to help people live longer, healthier and more productive lives.