CDC director resigns MUST WATCH CDC director resigns00:30 Story highlights Fitzgerald bought tobacco stock after she took the position, Politico reports She later sold the holdings, Health and Human Services says (CNN)Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, resigned Wednesday, a day after Politico reported Fitzgerald's purchase of tobacco stock after she took the position at the nation's top public health agency. Such an investment is obviously at odds with the mission of the CDC, considering cigarette smoking will result in the deaths of nearly half a million Americans this year. Smoking remains the leading cause of preventable death in the Unit... [Read more]