Deputy Health and Human Services Secretary Jim O’Neill is expected to be named acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a move that comes as hundreds of staffers walked out of CDC headquarters Tuesday in protest of leadership changes at the public health agency.

O’Neill, who currently serves as HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s No 2 at the Department of Health and Human Services, was selected by the White House to replace fired CDC Director Susan Monarez, according to multiple outlets .

A Trump administration official confirmed the move to The Post. 3

The Silicon Valley investor was previously CEO of the Thiel Foundation and co-founder of the founder of the Thiel Fellowship, projects funded by billionaire Trump donor Peter Thiel .

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