{"id":29793,"date":"2020-12-07T18:40:24","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T02:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=29793"},"modified":"2020-12-07T18:40:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T02:40:24","slug":"biden-unveils-health-team-with-becerra-murthy-walensky-in-top-roles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=29793","title":{"rendered":"Biden unveils health team with Becerra, Murthy, Walensky in top roles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President-elect\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/bdfbvsdkzppynsnpyjgzzybbzdympdpttqzkscmpdgblzg_zzmrsspmpkrlzwpdlrrr.html?a=&amp;b=35366\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/bdfbvsdkzppynsnpyjgzzybbzdympdpttqzkscmpdgblzg_zzmrsspmpkrlzwpdlrrr.html?a%3D%26b%3D35366&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1607472793509000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHDNqk3z-j9pwLFiJIHQtDEV2uFjA\">Joe Biden<\/a>\u00a0officially unveiled his health team early Monday, naming California Attorney General\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/twzjsdwfpllktdtlkbvppkjjpwkrlwlggcpfdmrlwvjzpc_zzmrsspmpkrlzwpdlrrr.html?a=&amp;b=35366\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/twzjsdwfpllktdtlkbvppkjjpwkrlwlggcpfdmrlwvjzpc_zzmrsspmpkrlzwpdlrrr.html?a%3D%26b%3D35366&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1607472793509000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHSy7l-UoGYLVPUrZCHxKt1dX9Oxw\">Xavier Becerra<\/a>\u00a0(D) as secretary of Health and Human Services.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/fqdrtcqzyddwpcpdwbjyywrryqwldqdffnyzcgldqjrsyg_zzmrsspmpkrlzwpdlrrr.html?a=&amp;b=35366\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/fqdrtcqzyddwpcpdwbjyywrryqwldqdffnyzcgldqjrsyg_zzmrsspmpkrlzwpdlrrr.html?a%3D%26b%3D35366&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1607472793509000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGQqCu37a5ytRTtLmMVqcfPxhy2Gw\">Vivek Murthy<\/a>\u00a0was selected to return to his role as surgeon general, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/mwwsmzwgpccljzjcltnpplsspwlvcwckkdpgzbvcwnsqps_zzmrsspmpkrlzwpdlrrr.html?a=&amp;b=35366\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/mwwsmzwgpccljzjcltnpplsspwlvcwckkdpgzbvcwnsqps_zzmrsspmpkrlzwpdlrrr.html?a%3D%26b%3D35366&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1607472793509000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFzNWM60kH1paSglHF_jhA3oVyXaA\">Rochelle Walensky<\/a>\u00a0was picked as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.<\/p>\n<p>Biden also announced that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/bzzbvsdkzppynsnpyjgzzybbzdympdpttqzkscmpdgblzz_zzmrsspmpkrlzwpdlrrr.html?a=&amp;b=35366\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/bzzbvsdkzppynsnpyjgzzybbzdympdpttqzkscmpdgblzz_zzmrsspmpkrlzwpdlrrr.html?a%3D%26b%3D35366&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1607472793509000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG1UC8Xe8VnuhBYDxDMqSFJhCDDcw\">Anthony Fauci<\/a>, the nation\u2019s leading infectious diseases expert, will remain as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.<\/p>\n<p>The top health officials will be responsible for guiding the country through the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected tens of millions of people across the globe, killed more than 280,000 Americans and ravaged the economy. Biden similarly announced members of his intended national security and economic teams in recent weeks. Becerra and Murthy will each need to be confirmed by the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis trusted and accomplished team of leaders will bring the highest level of integrity, scientific rigor, and crisis-management experience to one of the toughest challenges America has ever faced \u2014 getting the pandemic under control so that the American people can get back to work, back to their lives, and back to their loved ones,\u201d Biden said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President-elect\u00a0Joe Biden\u00a0officially unveiled his health team&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29793"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29794,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29793\/revisions\/29794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}