W. Kimryn Rathmell, a prominent cancer researcher, will oversee initiatives intended to reduce the cancer death rate and speed up clinical breakthroughs.
The report highlights the need for better messaging about screening for lung cancer, which is still the nation’s leading cause of cancer-related deaths.
Mandy Cohen is tasked with restoring credibility to the once-vaunted agency at a time of extreme political divisions and fading trust in government — and science.
Tuberculosis can advance rapidly in young children, creating an “urgent situation” after hundreds were potentially exposed at a YMCA day-care facility.