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Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dr. Robert Redfield, speaks during a White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing at the Department of Education on July 8, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Dr. Robert Redfield, CDC director: ‘Absolutely’ comfortable with grandkids returning to school

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

To Mask or Not to Mask Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

To wear a mask or not to wear a mask, during Wuhan virus pandemic

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.

FILE - In this May 27, 2020, file photo, a medical worker wearing personal protective equipment cleans gurneys in the emergency department intake area in New York. Hospital data related to the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. will now be collected by a private technology firm, rather than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — a move the Trump administration says will speed up reporting but one that concerns some public health leaders. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Coronavirus data is funneled away from CDC, sparking worries

By MIKE STOBBE and BERNARD CONDON - Associated Press

Dr. Robert Redfield, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), testifies during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the plan to research, manufacture and distribute a coronavirus vaccine, known as Operation Warp Speed, Thursday, July 2, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)

Robert Redfield, CDC Director: We need Trump to set an example on masks

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Robert Redfield, speaks during a White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing at the Department of Education building Wednesday, July 8, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Dr. Robert Redfield, CDC director: ‘It’s not a revision of the guidelines’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing at the Department of Education building Wednesday, July 8, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Pence: New federal guidance on reopening schools coming next week

By David Sherfinski and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this May 24, 2020, file photo, a San Francisco Police cadet hands out face masks to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, at Dolores Park in San Francisco. Health officials in Santa Clara County, California, one of the most aggressive in the nation in shutting down because of the coronavirus are warning of &quot;worrisome&quot; growing infections tied in the San Francisco Bay Area as California reports its highest one-day total infections amid a rise in hospitalizations from the virus. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

CDC: Fewer people dying in COVID-19 surge than March, April

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar speaks at a news conference about the federal government's response to a virus outbreak originating in China, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020, in Washington. Standing alongside Azar are National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci, from left, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield and National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Disease Director Nancy Messonnier. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Robert Redfield: Nancy Messonnier, who warned of COVID-19 upheaval, hasn’t been sidelined

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, testifies at a Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee hearing about the COVID-19 response on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 4, 2020. (Al Drago/Pool via AP)

Robert Redfield, CDC chief, worried COVID-19 message isn’t ‘resonating’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Stephen Hahn, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Tuesday, April 21, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Stephen Hahn, FDA head: Second coronavirus wave ‘certainly a possibility’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Wednesday, April 8, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

CDC director says opening up after COVID-19 will be ‘step-by-step’ process for states

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Pedestrians walk past the entrance for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Monday, Jan. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/David Goldman) ** FILE **

Dr. Robert Redfield: WHO has been a ‘longstanding partner’ for CDC

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Wednesday, April 8, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Robert Redfield, CDC director: We are ‘nearing’ the peak of the coronavirus outbreak

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Wednesday, April 8, 2020, in Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence watches. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Robert Redfield, CDC director, says aggressive contact tracing is key in coronavirus battle

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

CDC director praises Alabama HIV clinic ahead of campaign

By BLAKE PATERSON - Associated Press

CDC director plans visit to West Virginia

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Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has dubbed the overprescription and abuse of painkillers the "public health crisis of our time." (Associated Press/File)

Robert Redfield, CDC director: Opioid epidemic worse than AIDS

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Dr. Robert Redfield Jr. The government is paying Redfield $375,000 a year to run the Atlanta-based CDC, U.S. officials confirmed in April 2018, nearly twice what his predecessor made and far more than other recent past directors. On Monday, April 30, 2018, HHS officials said Redfield had asked for a pay reduction because the topic had become a distraction.(Tracey Brown/University of Maryland School of Medicine via AP, File)

CDC chief request pay cut after $375K salary causes uproar

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times