Obama FDA Picked Hailed By Public Health Experts, Officials (Medical News Today)
Top public health officials and experts on Wednesday praised President Obama's reported selection of former New York City Health Commissioner Margaret Hamburg as his nominee for FDA commissioner, the New York Times reports. The administration is expected to announce the decision, which first was reported Wednesday by the Wall Street Journal, this week.

Obama picks FDA chief, starts new food safety panel (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
President Barack Obama chose food safety and biological and nuclear threat expert Dr. Margaret Hamburg to run the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and announced a new cabinet-level food safety working group on Saturday.

Obama picks FDA chief, starts new food safety panel (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
President Barack Obama chose public health and biological threat expert Dr. Margaret Hamburg to run the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and announced a cabinet-level food safety group on Saturday.