Alaska's former chief medical officer resigns from CDC post as federal agency faces turmoil

Jun. 4—Dr. Jay Butler, former Alaska chief medical officer, resigned last week from a senior post at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention amid turmoil at the agency. Butler has more than three decades of experience working in public health. Since 2019, he has been the CDC's deputy director of infectious diseases. "I think I can do more for the public's health outside of the ...