Jim O Neill

Jim O'Neill has stepped down as acting director of the United States===Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and deputy secretary of the United States===United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). He is expected to be nominated to lead the United States===National Science Foundation. His tenure at the CDC was marked by controversial anti-vaccine messaging and a reduction in recommended childhood vaccines.

Jim O Neill served as acting Director of the United States===Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services before his resignation. His departure, along with Ralph Abraham's, highlights the high turnover in the agency's leadership.

Jim O Neill, acting director of the United States===Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at the time, announced a new schedule for childhood vaccines that rescinded recommendations for some shots. The court found he lacked authority to issue this memo, acting contrary to law.

As Deputy Health and Human Services Secretary, Jim O Neill publicly commended the American Society of Plastic Surgeons' new position, calling it 'another victory for biological truth in the Trump administration' and setting a 'scientific and medical standard'.

Jim O Neill served as acting director of the United States===Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Deputy Secretary of the United States===United States Department of Health and Human Services before being offered a position at the United States===National Science Foundation.