The White House’s pandemic preparedness office has a remarkably tiny team

As recently as 2024, the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy had 15 employees. In 2026, it has two.

Donald Trump’s administration only has one person working in its office of pandemic preparedness, and—you guessed it—she’s a vaccine skeptic. The Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy had been empty since last summer, after all the Biden-era employees left and its head resigned. Now the office charged wit