{
  "id": 16762574,
  "title": "Trump-appointed CDC deputy director to resign after six months on the job",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/trump-appointed-cdc-deputy-director-to-resign-after-six-months-on-the-16762574",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-27T15:39:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Health",
    "slug": "guardian-health",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/27/cdc-deputy-director-resigns-jennifer-shuford"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Jennifer Shuford is expected to leave her post after midterm elections ‘to spend more time with my family’ The deputy director and chief medical officer of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will resign after six months on the job, according to an agency email obtained by the Guardian. Dr Jennifer Shuford was appointed by Donald Trump in April as part of a four-person senior…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The New York Times",
        "title": "Trump-Appointed CDC Deputy Director Jennifer Shuford Resigns After 4 Months",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/trump-appointed-cdc-deputy-director-jennifer-shuford-resigns-after-4",
        "published": "2026-10-27T15:07:59.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Scientific American",
        "title": "CDC deputy director Jennifer Shuford resigns after just four months in the role",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/cdc-deputy-director-jennifer-shuford-resigns-after-just-four-months",
        "published": "2026-10-27T17:00:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}