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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing to examine an update from Federal officials on efforts to combat COVID-19, Tuesday, May 11, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via AP)

Rochelle Walensky, CDC director, defends abrupt shift in mask guidance

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden arrives to speak about the CDC's new masking guidelines on the North Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

CDC: Fully vaccinated people can ditch masks for outdoor dining, small gatherings

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks during an event on COVID-19 vaccinations and the response to the pandemic, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Monday, March 29, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden, CDC director warn of virus rebound if nation lets up

By ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on the federal coronavirus response on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) ** FILE **

Biden, CDC director warn of virus rebound if nation lets up

By ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press

Greg Brennan, a teacher and basketball coach at Southside High School, is vaccinated by nurse Abigail Fromm, at a clinic operated by Mount Sinai South Nassau, Friday, March 5, 2021, in Rockville Centre, N.Y. Brennan received the first of two Moderna COVID-19 vaccines. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

CDC releases guidelines for those ‘fully vaccinated’ against COVID-19

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2020 file photo, Rochelle Walensky, speaks during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del. The U.S. is scrambling to expand DNA mapping of coronavirus samples to identify potentially deadlier mutations starting to spread around the country.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

CDC study: Teachers key to COVID-19 infections in 1 district

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020 file photo, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, speaks during an event in Wilmington, Del., to announce President-elect Joe Biden's health care team. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

CDC director: It’s ‘absolutely’ too soon to end mask mandates

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 3, 2020, file photo, Paul Adamus, 7, waits at the bus stop for the first day of school in Dallas, Ga. Amid mounting tensions about school reopening, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention planned to release long-awaited guidance Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, on what measures are needed to get children back into the classroom during the pandemic. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

CDC guidance calls on schools to reopen ‘as soon as possible’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this image from video, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, speaks during a White House briefing on the Biden administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, in Washington. (White House via AP)

Reopening debate testing Biden’s ties with teachers unions

By COLLIN BINKLEY - Associated Press

This March 6, 2020 file photo shows the headquarters for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. Dr. Rochelle Walensky, an infectious-diseases specialist at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, is expected to become CDC director after Biden is inaugurated. (AP Photo/ Ron Harris, File) **FILE**

New CDC chief orders review of COVID-19 guidelines

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times