We quit the CDC last year. The problems we protested remain Here’s how Congress can protect the health of our country

https://www.statnews.com/2026/08/28/cdc-protest-resignations-one-year-later-houry-jernigan-daskalakis/ By Debra Houry, Daniel Jernigan, and Demetre DaskalakisAug. 28, 2026 Houry was the CDC’s chief medical officer and is now a senior medical adviser for the California Public Health Network Innovation Exchange. Jernigan, M.D., M.P.H., was director of the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, and is a contributing scholar at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Daskalakis, M.D., M.P.H., was director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases and is a consultant for Sanofi, AstraZeneca, and ViiV Healthcare.