White House taps top RFK Jr. deputy as acting CDC director
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SUMMARY

The White House appointed Jim O’Neill, deputy secretary of Health and Human Services, as the acting head of the CDC after tensions over vaccine policies led to the resignation of several agency leaders. O’Neill's selection may aid HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in his mission to change federal vaccine policies, following the departure of former director Susan Monarez, who resisted these changes.

O’Neill, who served in the George W. Bush administration as a senior health official before becoming a close ally of investor Peter Thiel, was confirmed by the Senate in June to serve as HHS deputy secretary.

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