Sunday, March 18, 2018

AIDS Researcher Top Candidate to Lead the C.D.C.


David Weild
Mr.Ippolito
AP Biology- EF Even
March 18th,  2018


Kaplan, Sheila  “AIDS Researcher Top Candidate to Lead the C.D.C.The New York Times, The New York Times, 16 Jan. 2018,


This week I decided to read the article, “AIDS Researcher Top Candidate to Lead the C.D.C.,” by New York Times writer, Sheila Kaplan. This article focused on an AIDS researcher to be the top candidate to lead the C.D.C.. Dr. Robert R. Redfield, a founder of the Institute of Human Virology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, is the leading candidate to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He has been cited to lead a “program providing H.I.V. care and treatment to more than 6,000 patients in the Baltimore-Washington area, according to the university’s website. The institute has received more than $138 million in C.D.C. grants to combat H.I.V./AIDS and other health issues in Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Zambia.” The previous leader of the CDC was Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, who resigned in January after about six months following reports that she held investments in tobacco and health care companies that posed potential conflicts of interest. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend a Democrat and a former lieutenant governor of Maryland states that “I think he’s a superb candidate, first rate.” In an article like this about a strong candidate, it is essential to have professional opinions being cited as why or why not they think that this person is a good candidate.
This article is relevant in many ways. First, it gives us an insight on a strong candidate we may see running the CDC someday. This allows us to form somewhat of our own opinions on if we think he is well suited for the job. This article also informs us on as to why the former president of the CDC is not in that position anymore.  

I read this article because I have heard a lot about corruption in the government while I took APES and I figured this to be a reason why the president of the CDC is no longer the president.  The article did not go into depth on who the other candidates are for the job. I also wish that the author had given more information on Dr. Redfield. The author did a good with explaining why the former leader of the CDC resigned. This was an interesting article to learn more about who is behind leading the CDC formerly and who will be in the future.