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Title: Health Highlights: May 1, 2018
Post by: rangerrebew on May 02, 2018, 12:35:14 pm
Health Highlights: May 1, 2018
 

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:

New CDC Director Requests and Receives Salary Cut

The new director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asked for and will receive a reduction in his record-setting pay.

Robert Redfield Jr. was to be paid $375,000 a year, which was at least $150,000 more than any previous CDC director, and much more than any other top federal health officials, the Associated Press reported.

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