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Jeff Zients, Biden’s COVID czar, inherits hardest job in administration

Monday, January 18

By CHEYENNE HASLETT, ABC News (WASHINGTON) -- When Joe Biden takes over the presidency on Jan. 20, it won't be an infectious disease doctor or scientist leading his federal response to the COVID-19... Read More.

Ethics groups call on coronavirus ‘vaccine czar’ to disclose potential conflicts

Friday, May 29

By SOO RIN KIM, OLIVIA RUBIN, KATHERINE FAULDERS and MATTHEW MOSK, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The Trump administration's decision to hire its new "vaccine czar" as a private contractor, rather than a government... Read More.

Coronavirus vaccine czar to divest some holdings amid conflict concerns

Tuesday, May 19

By SOO RIN KIM and KATHERINE FAULDERS, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump's newly appointed vaccine czar, Moncef Slaoui, plans to divest his equity holdings in a company leading the coronavirus vaccine... Read More.

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Obama-era Ebola czar says White House is ‘blind’ to how bad coronavirus will get

Thursday, March 26

(WASHINGTON) -- Ron Klain, who served as the U.S. Ebola response coordinator under former President Barack Obama, told the hosts of ABC News' "Powerhouse Politics" podcast on Wednesday that the U.S. government's... Read More.

Trump expected to name Ken Cuccinelli to immigration ‘czar’ role

Tuesday, May 21

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump is expected to tap immigration-hardliner and former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli to a new immigration-focused role within the Department of Homeland Security, a source familiar confirmed... Read More.