Friday, May 15, 2009

Dr. Frieden to head up the CDC

From the New York Times article:
President Obama announced on Friday that he has chosen Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, the New York City health commissioner, as the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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At the C.D.C., he will inherit a host of immediate and long-term problems, including a looming decision about whether and how to produce a swine flu vaccine. Health experts say the agency must resolve serious morale and organizational issues even as the administration struggles to overhaul the nation’s health care system.
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Dr. Frieden has a history of focusing on health threats that endanger large numbers of people, sometimes at the expense of more popular causes.
Click here to access the NYT article.

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