Top Health Officials Step Down Amid Public Health Challenges

• Dr. Betsey Tilson resigns as NC Health Director, leading COVID-19 and Medicaid expansion.
• Tilson's Medicaid expansion in NC brought healthcare to 620,000 more people.
• Dr. Grant Colfax leaves SF Health Director role, effective February 7, after six years.
• Colfax led SF COVID-19 strategies, keeping death rates low in a major city.
• SF overdose deaths fell in 2024, thanks to Colfax's substance use programs.
• Colfax boosted SF HIV/AIDs prevention, logging the lowest infection rate in 2023.
• Dr. Naveena Bobba to act as SF Health Director, continuing Colfax's initiatives.