​CDC chief to resign day of Trump inauguration

Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Atlanta-based U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will hand in his resignation Jan. 20, the day of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, according to Reuters. Obama appointed Frieden, a former New York City health commissioner, in 2009. Frieden has since overseen worldwide outbreaks of the Ebola and Zika viruses. "We've dealt with Ebola, H1N1 influenza, MERS, fungal meningitis. We're dealing now with influenza and drug-resistant bacteria,"…
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