Maine’s Nirav Shah, CDC Director for Pandemic, Becomes Rochelle Walensky’s #2

Dr. Nirav Shah, who served Gov. Janet Mills as director of Maine’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Thursday that he’s resigning from the post to pursue a job with the federal CDC, a job he said would put him second in command to CDC Director Rochelle Walensky.