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Few government agencies were as front and center in the public eye last year as the Food and Drug Administration, which came under immense pressure to authorize unproven drugs as the world grappled with the pandemic and conducted high-stakes reviews of two coronavirus vaccines.
As COVID-19 cases continue to soar in the U.S., most of those pressures haven t gone away. But the inauguration next week of Joseph Biden as president will almost certainly bring new management to the agency, a change that can often result in policy shifts both subtle and far-reaching.
5 Things Maryland: Pre-filed bills, Pandemic legislative innovations, Health care agenda outline DJ Wilson | Dec 29, 2020
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President-elect Biden taps several Marylanders for federal health care posts Shawna De La Rosa | Dec 15, 2020
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President-elect Joe Biden is assembling a health team that includes several members with Maryland ties.
The most prominent on the list is Dr. Anthony Fauci, who has become a household name as he lead efforts to contain the coronavirus outbreak. Fauci has served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984, which is part of the Maryland-based National Institute of Health.
Dr. Vivek Murthy, an internal medicine specialist in Baltimore, will be Biden’s nominee for surgeon general. Murthy was also surgeon general during the Obama administration.