Biden picks California attorney-general Xavier Becerra as health secretary
President-elected formally names Anthony Fauci as chief medical adviser on the coronavirus
08 December 2020 - 00:02
Wilmington — President-elect Joe Biden picked California attorney-general Xavier Becerra for secretary of health and human services on Monday as he shaped his administration's health team to fight the raging coronavirus pandemic.
Biden, who takes office on January 20, also chose Rochelle Walensky, chief of infectious diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, to run the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Biden formally tapped Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, as his chief medical adviser on the virus...
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