WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will announce on Friday Dr. Thomas Frieden, the New York City health commissioner, as his choice to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, The New York Times reported. An infectious disease specialist, Frieden, 48, has been New York's top health official for seven years, the Times said. "He led the crusade to ban smoking in restaurants and bars, pushed to make HIV testing a routine part of medical exams, and defended a program...
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