Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, C.D.C. Director, Resigns Over Tobacco and Other Investments<br />In a statement, Alex Azar, the newly appointed secretary of Health and Human Services, announced the resignation of the director, Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, citing her “complex financial interests<br />that have imposed a broad recusal limiting her ability to complete all her duties as the C. D.C.<br />The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention resigned on Wednesday, in the middle of the nation’s<br />worst flu epidemic in nearly a decade, over financial investments that had posed potential conflicts of interest.<br />The Secretary thanks Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald for her service and wishes her the best in all her endeavors.”<br />Politico reported on Tuesday that Dr. Fitzgerald had traded in tobacco stocks after taking the position at the public health agency.
