Biden Under Pressure to Name New FDA Chief as Public Faith in Vaccines Falters
By Rachana Pradhan, Kaiser Health News
President-elect Joe Biden made COVID-19 a linchpin of his campaign, criticizing President Donald Trump’s leadership on everything from masks and packed campaign rallies to vaccines.
That was the easy part. Biden now has the urgent job of filling top health-care positions in his administration to help restore public trust in science-driven institutions Trump repeatedly undermined, and oversee the rollout of several coronavirus vaccines to a skeptical public who fear they were rushed for political expediency.