Richard Besser
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Dr. Richard Besser served as the Chief Health and Medical Editor at ABC News, providing medical analysis and commentary for various ABC News broadcasts and platforms such as Good Morning America, Nightline, and World News Tonight with David Muir. He reported on major health crises such as the Zika outbreak in Brazil and Ebola in Liberia.
Besser also served as the Director of the Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response, where he was responsible for managing all public health emergency preparedness and response activities for the CDC. He began his career at the CDC in 1991 as part of the Epidemic Intelligence Service, focusing on the epidemiology of food-borne diseases.
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