The health secretary, appearing before two separate congressional committees, was grilled about slashes to disease research, maternal health and the U.S. measles outbreak.
Dorothy Alanna Fink is an American endocrinologist and government official who served as the acting United States secretary of health and human services from January 20, 2025 until February 13, 2025
Is the secretary for health usually a medical professional?
The last qualified one was Tom Price in 2017
Sorry how are you deciding who is qualified? Just being an M.D.? I agree that’s a good start, but MD does not a qualified HHS secretary make.
We are talking about being qualified to give medical advice