Many US #health agencies are operating with interim heads.

Among the vacant positions are the director of the #InfectiousDisease agency; #SurgeonGeneral; head of the Food & Drug Administration [#FDA]; deputy health secretary; & head of the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention [#CDC] — a leadership vacuum that observers say is unprecedented.

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The prohibition has been in place during an #outbreak of #hantavirus that some Americans have been exposed to. The communication limits were relaxed slightly in the past week as another #virus #outbreak — an unfolding #Ebola #epidemic centered in the #DRC — intensified.

Now, some #NIAID ofcls can attend virtual #WHO meetings, but only in small groups & only in a “listening capacity,” acc/to a May 18 email from a senior NIAID ofcl to staff obtained by CNN. Any follow-up to be handled by #HHS….

The #Trump admin issued the directive stopping individuals at the National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases [#NIAID] from communicating with the #WHO.

The federal #health subagency was led for decades by Dr. #AnthonyFauci & oversaw developing treatments for #PublicHealth emergencies including #HIV / #AIDs & #COVID19.

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The complaints were filed by Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, who until the end of March had directed the National Institute of #Allergy & #InfectiousDiseases [#NIAID], the institute previously run by Dr. Anthony S. #Fauci; & Dr. Kathleen Neuzil, who until mid-April had directed the #NIH Fogarty International Center, which supports global #health #research.

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