The Trump administration just replaced the country’s top medical officer: the surgeon general. And for the first time, it’s someone who’s not a medical doctor.
Obama-appointee Vivek Murthy was asked to resign Friday. His replacement: Rear Adm. Sylvia Trent-Adams, a nurse who was serving as the deputy surgeon general.
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