Biden seen nominating infectious diseases expert Walensky to run CDC: person familiar

[December 07, 2020]    WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate Rochelle Walensky, chief of infectious diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital, to run the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a person familiar with the decision said on Sunday.

President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy and the final U.S. jobs report of 2020 at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., December 4, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis

(Reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt; Editing by Scott Malone)

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