“Robert Redfield, an HIV/AIDS expert at the University of Maryland Medical Center, is being vetted by the Trump administration to run the CDC, five individuals with knowledge of the situation tell POLITICO.”
“Redfield emerged this week as the favored choice to replace former CDC Director Brenda Fitzgerald, who resigned in late January after POLITICO reported she had traded tobacco, drug and food stocks while heading the public health agency…” Read the full article here.
Source: AIDS researcher favored to be next CDC chief – By Dan Diamond and Brianna Ehley, March 16, 2018. POLITICO.
