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Biden taps former FDA chief Kessler to lead vaccine science

by Matthew PerroneRicardo Alonso-Zaldivar
| January 16, 2021 12:06 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden has picked a former Food and Drug commissioner to lead vaccine science in his drive to put 100 million shots into the arms of Americans in his administration's first 100 days and stem the COVID-19 pandemic.

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