President Biden is expected to appoint a nurse as acting surgeon after the former President Trump
Donald Trump More than two-thirds of Americans approve of Biden’s response to the coronavirus: poll Sarah Huckabee Sanders prefers to test Mexico’s president.‘s surgeon general was asked to resign last week, The Washington Post Monday reported.
The newly sworn president plans to appoint Susan Orsega, a nurse and officer in the U.S. Public Health Corps, as one of the first nurses to serve in the role, two people with knowledge of her choice told the Post said. One source said Biden could choose Orsega to serve as early as Tuesday.
The White House and the Department of Health and Human Services did not immediately respond to The Hill’s request for comment.
Jerome Adams
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Biden’s appointment as Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy
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“The committee is ready to start with an aggressive schedule of hearings as soon as we arrange, with nominations as the highest priority,” Madeleine Russak, spokeswoman for the Senate’s health, education, labor and pensions, told the Post.
Orsega will not be the first nurse in the post. Sylvia Trent-Adams served as acting surgeon-general under Trump and Richard Carmona was confirmed as surgeon-general under former President George W. Bush.
Her choice would come as the country deals with the coronavirus pandemic that has infected more than 25 million people in the US and killed more than 420,000 people, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.