The government funding bill passed at the end of last year will make the CDC director subject to confirmation, but not until Jan. The administration also faces a challenge in filling leadership roles across key health positions, including the National Institutes of Health, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and a new White House pandemic response office.ĬDC Director Rochelle Walensky said she will step down effective June 30, and her replacement likely will be the last person a president can appoint to the job without Senate confirmation. The current situation is precarious and could backslide in the fall.
Hundreds of people still die every day from COVID-19, and more are being hospitalized. The White House is signaling that it wants to close the book on the COVID-19 pandemic once the public health emergency expires Thursday.īut even as the administration and the public look to move on, experts say the virus won’t go away.
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