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Prominent CDC official Nancy Messonnier resigns from post

By Pratiksha

Senior health official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nancy Messonnier will resign from her position, The Washington Post reported on Friday.

The report stated that Messonnier’s resignation will be effective from May 14.

Messonnier had spent more than 20 years at the CDC as an eminent respiratory disease expert. She was the first to warn the United States about the COVID-19 pandemic last year while she was the Director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. She took charge in 2016 and was replaced in 2020.

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky gave his well wishes for Messonnier on Friday but did not explain further on the circumstances of her departure, as reported by Politico.

Walensky stated during a press conference on Friday, “Over this pandemic and through a many-decade career she’s made significant contributions, and she leaves behind a strong force of leadership and courage in all that she has done.”

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Pratiksha

Pratiksha is a student of English Journalism at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication. A media enthusiast and a passionate story teller, she aims to tell as many stories as she can through her journalism. Pratiksha is currently working as a current affairs journalist at USAnewshour.com and can be reached at pratiiksha1119@gmail.com