--- title: CDC Lab Director In Anthrax Incident Resigns description: The lab director is now permanently out of the job canonical: https://time.com/3024792/cdc-anthrax-resign/ author: Alexandra Sifferlin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-23T17:38:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T09:18:21.972Z article:section: Health og:title: CDC Lab Director In Anthrax Incident Resigns og:description: The lab director is now permanently out of the job og:url: https://time.com/3024792/cdc-anthrax-resign/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab121c7f3415ca14/69869cdd361760108b90d2ac/center-for-disease-control.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5760 og:image:height: 3240 og:image:alt: MED CDC Anthrax og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: CDC Lab Director In Anthrax Incident Resigns twitter:description: The lab director is now permanently out of the job twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab121c7f3415ca14/69869cdd361760108b90d2ac/center-for-disease-control.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # CDC Lab Director In Anthrax Incident Resigns > Sponsored content. 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David Goldman—AP by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Jul 23, 2014 5:38 PM UTC The director of the bioterror lab involved in an incident which caused over 80 lab workers to be potentially exposed to anthrax has resigned. Michael Farrell, head of the Centers for Disease Control’s Bioterror Rapid Response and Advanced Technology Laboratory had submitted his resignation on Tuesday. The resignation was first [reported by Reuters](http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/07/23/uk-usa-anthrax-exclusive-idUKKBN0FS1TN20140723) and has been confirmed by TIME. Last month, the CDC reported that procedures to deactivate anthrax when leaving a lab were not followed and that while the workers were protected, the bacteria was passed to other labs. When it was determined that anthrax had not been deactivated, the labs and CDC building were shut down and decontaminated. Lab workers have not contracted the disease. Last month, Dr. Farrell was reassigned as the CDC conducted its investigation. Earlier this month, CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden said the incident was due to a [lack of oversight](http://time.com/2976922/cdc-anthrax/), and that the CDC would increase safety precautions. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3024792/cdc-anthrax-resign/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3024792/cdc-anthrax-resign/"},"headline":"CDC Lab Director In Anthrax Incident Resigns","datePublished":"2014-07-23T17:38:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:18:21.972Z","description":"The lab director is now permanently out of the job","url":"https://time.com/3024792/cdc-anthrax-resign/","keywords":["Infectious Disease","CDC","resignation"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab121c7f3415ca14/69869cdd361760108b90d2ac/center-for-disease-control.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab121c7f3415ca14/69869cdd361760108b90d2ac/center-for-disease-control.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"MED CDC Anthrax","caption":"MED CDC Anthrax","creditText":"David Goldman—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/infectious-disease/","name":"Infectious Disease"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3024792/cdc-anthrax-resign/","name":"CDC Lab Director In Anthrax Incident Resigns"}}]}] ```