- CDC Director Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald resigned after a report said she traded Japan Tobacco while leading the agency.
- “Dr. Fitzgerald owns certain complex financial interests that have imposed a broad recusal limiting her ability to complete all of her duties as the CDC director,” a Department of Health and Human Services spokesman said in a statement.
- Fitzgerald had been in the position since July 2017.
The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention just resigned.
Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, who had served as director since July 2017, had financial interests that recused her from much of her duties. See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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