Trump nominates former pharmaceutical executive Alex Azar as new Health and Human Services secretary
Deputy Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar meets reporters at the HHS Department in Washington, Thursday, June 8, 2006 to announce the approval of Gardasil, the first vaccine developed to protect women against cervical cancer. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
President Trump tweeted Monday morning that he was nominating Alex Azar, a former executive of pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly & Co., as chief of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Azar will replace Tom Price, who resigned in September after controversy over more than $400,000 in taxpayer-paid flights.
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