A Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) official has been selected to serve as acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, several days after President Donald Trump fired the agency’s director.
Trump has chosen HHS Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill as the CDC’s acting director, an administration official told The Epoch Times on Aug. 29.
HHS and the CDC did not respond to requests for comment.
O’Neill worked in HHS during the George W. Bush administration, serving in various roles such as assistant deputy secretary. After departing the government in 2008, he worked on investments, including for the hedge fund Mithril Capital….