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Ex-COVID ‘testing czar’ Giroir rejoins HHS
Former acting FDA commissioner, Coronavirus Task Force member to serve as unpaid adviser to RFK Jr.
February 13, 2025 2:05 AM UTC
Brett Giroir, who served in public health leadership positions in the first Trump administration, has joined the Office of the HHS Secretary on a temporary basis as an unpaid adviser.
Giroir, who is CEO of Altesa Biosciences Inc., was HHS assistant secretary for health and acting FDA commissioner during the first Trump administration. He was a member of the Coronavirus Task Force and served as “COVID-19 Testing Czar.” He is also an admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps...