Trump picks surgeon Marty Makary to head FDA, Rep. Dave Weldon to lead CDC

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President-elect Donald Trump on Friday named Dr. Marty Makary, a pancreatic surgeon at Johns Hopkins University, as his pick to lead the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a federal agency overseeing over $7B budget.

He has also nominated former

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