Biden ap­points Brown's pub­lic health school dean as new White House Covid-19 co­or­di­na­tor

Ashish Jha has made a name for him­self as not on­ly Brown Uni­ver­si­ty’s pub­lic health school dean but al­so as a dili­gent ex­plain­er of the ins and outs of the pan­dem­ic, amass­ing hun­dreds of thou­sands of fol­low­ers on tele­vi­sion broad­casts and Twit­ter for his prag­mat­ic mis­sives.

Now Jha is tak­ing his Covid-19 ideas to the White House, where he’ll serve as Pres­i­dent Biden’s new top lead on the virus. The tim­ing of his en­try in­to DC couldn’t come at a more crit­i­cal mo­ment, as Con­gress has stalled in pro­vid­ing ad­di­tion­al fund­ing to pay for more vac­cine dos­es and treat­ments for states, and as sup­plies may run short soon.

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