Trump appoints HHS deputy O’Neill to lead CDC

The current director of the CDC is challenging her dismissal, but that has not stopped the White House from appointing a replacement.

The Trump administration has turned to Jim O’Neill, who currently serves as the deputy to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, to replace infectious disease expert Dr Susan Monarez, who has been fired, but is refusing to step down. The move was first reported by the Washington Post.

O’Neill is a tech investor with no medical or scientific background, so his appointment to the top CDC role – even on an interim basis – will do…