The White House quickly named a new leader of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pushed out director Susan Monarez this week.

Jim O'Neill, a senior HHS official with deep ties to Trump donor Peter Thiel, will take over the agency amid an exodus of its leadership and panic across the public health world.

The longtime Silicon Valley investor has been a top Kennedy deputy as the Trump administration has sought to enact it's "Make America Healthy Again" agenda, while slashing staff and funding across health agencies.

Kennedy and the White House have said the CDC needs to align with the administration's MAHA priorities and shift away from a focus on vaccines.

In his first public statement since being chosen, O

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