Still no real word on the Secretary of HHS. Governor Sebelius of Kansas is being background vetted, so may be #1 choice. Ted Kennedy has come out for her.  But no word really. The FDA job seems down to Margaret Hamburg, M.D., former NYC Commissioner of Health, and Baltimore Health Commissioner Scharfstein (Kennedy’s favorite), and former Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) staff person. Hamburg is a very effective person. Everything else seems on hold still.

*** Kathleen Sebelius. Image from Wikimedia Commons (Dayton Mitchell) ***

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