The acting director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has stepped down, a senator said on April 21.
“The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases was slated to testify, but stepped down from his position,” Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) said at the opening of a hearing with other National Institutes of Health (NIH) leaders, including NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya.
Dr. Jeffery Taubenberger had been acting NIAID director since April 2025.
“Other top officials at NIAID have also reportedly been reassigned and forced out of their positions in the midst of an emerging Ebola outbreak. We have a leadership vacuum at the world’s premier infectious disease institute, and across our health agencies, this is of great concern,” Baldwin added….