JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - After outbreaks, Trump admin restarts Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy: report
The OPPR was created to coordinate responses across federal agencies to major public health risks, but the office has been empty since 2025 when all of its employees from the Biden administration left and its head, Gerald Parker, resigned.
AI:The Trump administration is working to reactivate the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy (OPPR) following a period of total vacancy. The office had been non-functional since 2025 when staff from the previous administration departed and leadership resigned, leaving a gap in federal coordination for major public health risks.Open