It’s been a week of chaos at the CDC. Here are 5 things to know

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Here, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. swears him in as deputy secretary of HHS on June 9. For employees at the public health agency headquartered in Atlanta, the first inkling that something was amiss came on Monday when a planned all-staff meeting was cancelled. O’Neill’s background concerns Dr. Deb Houry, the chief medical officer of the CDC who resigned this week. To many it’s the opposite of “government efficiency.”While infectious disease has always been a priority for the agency, CDC has also tried to mitigate other things that kill Americans, such as injuries and chronic diseases. He said he voted to confirm Kennedy after Kennedy promised to maintain federal vaccine policies — which is not what Kennedy has done.