CDC’s No. 2 Official Steps Down

Dr. Ralph Abraham was in the position for about three months.

Then-Rep. Ralph Abraham (R-La.) in a 2019 file photograph. Melinda Deslatte/AP Photo

One of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s top officials has suddenly resigned, the latest change in staffing at Trump administration health agencies.

Dr. Ralph Abraham, the principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), resigned effective immediately, the CDC said in a statement on Feb. 23.