An Alabama doctor who championed STD research has been revealed as the new head of America’s top infectious disease health agency.
Dr Jeanne Marrazzo, from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, will start her role as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in the fall.
She has big shoes to fill, with that position held by Dr Anthony Fauci, 82, for nearly four decades before he stepped down in December 2022.
Reacting to the announcement