An investment expert-turned-appointed acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...Secretary Kennedy's closest confidant
Aug 29, 2025
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According to the Washington Post and other local media in the United States, Jim O'Neill is a former investment businessman with little health administration experience and is close to Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy Jr. In the past, during the George W. Bush administration, he took charge of food regulations in health authorities and then moved to the investment industry and built a career as a venture investor in technology and bio for several years.
Monarez, the dismissed former director, is a health expert who has gone through Stanford Medical School and has been at odds with Secretary Kennedy, who is pushing ahead with vaccine research cuts and the dissolution of the advisory committee. White House deputy spokesperson Kush Disai said Monarez was dismissed for not sympathizing with President Donald Trump's policy agenda and refusing to resign.
Monarez, the former director of the bureau, protested the dismissal and warned of a court battle.
Monarez's lawyer said in a statement that she refused to `just stamp on unscientific and reckless instructions or fire dedicated health professionals."I chose to protect the public rather than follow the political agenda and I was targeted for it." "This is not about one official, but about the systematic dismantling of the public health system, the muzzling of experts, and the dangerous politicization of science," he stressed.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
