CDC official overseeing COVID hospitalization data resigns
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Dr. Fiona Havers, a U.S. government scientist overseeing COVID-19 and RSV data, resigned, citing concerns over misuse of data by the Trump administration. Following Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr.
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The demonstration came a day after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gutted a federal vaccine safety panel and vowed to replace all its members.
The rehired staff, who number around 460, work with the CDC’s viral disease prevention efforts and sexual health testing labs, among others. The reinstatements are a ray of light in an acrimonious week that also saw protests and the complete overhaul of the agency's vaccine advisory committee.