Possible blindspot · Science & Health · Health · 8 outlets (L 4 · C 3 · R 0 · 1 not rated)
CDC deputy director Jennifer Shuford resigns
Dr. Jennifer Shuford, the CDC's deputy director and chief medical officer, is resigning from the agency, according to multiple outlets.[1, 2, 3 +2] Shuford confirmed her departure to the Washington Post, saying, "I am leaving to spend more time with my family."[1, 2]
She was appointed by President Trump in April as part of a four-person senior leadership team to support director Erica Schwartz.[3, 6] Shuford is a former Texas health commissioner and an infectious disease physician.[6, 8]
Covered by The New York Times, NBC News, Scientific American and 5 more
Read first CDC deputy director to leave administration after 4 months
How balanced is this coverage?
Of the 7 rated outlets that covered it, 4 are left of center, 3 are center and 0 are right of center. 1 more is not rated.
Why it's here Covered by 8 outlets: 4 left, 3 center, 0 right, 1 not rated. A possible blindspot: 0 of 38 right-leaning outlets covered it, and Tare found no matching headline from the others in the last 24 hours.
- Left: none.
- Leans left: Raw Story (−0.94), The New York Times (−0.70), The Guardian (−0.70), The Daily Beast (−0.64).
- Center: NBC News (−0.49), The Hill (+0.10), UPI (+0.17).
- Leans right: none.
- Right: none.
Not rated Scientific American. Not placed: they have no lean score.
Each dot is an outlet that covered it, placed by its audience-lean score (Eady et al. 2025), which measures who shares its links, not how accurate it is. The ticks under the line are all 113 rated outlets Tare reads.
Read across the spectrum
- Left-leaning Trump-appointed CDC deputy director to resign after six months on the job
- Center CDC deputy director to leave administration after 4 months
- Right-leaning No right-leaning outlet in Tare's list covered it.