(CNN) US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn has fired the agency's spokesperson Emily Miller one week after he announced her arrival at FDA, two sources confirmed to CNN, but she will remain at the agency as an "appointee." Miller had only been on the job for a matter of days, but had already created problems among career officials within the agency. A spokesperson for the FDA said Miller will remain as an "appointee" at the agency, though it's not clear in what role. "Ms. Miller remains an appointee at the FDA and generally we do not discuss personnel matters," Stephanie Caccomo, the FDA media relations director, told CNN in a statement Friday evening. Miller's position shift comes at a time when the agency, especially the way it has handled messaging during the coronavirus, has been scrutinized.

Source: CNN August 28, 2020 16:54 UTC