GOP House rep’s wife to temporarily serve as surgeon general

Stephanie Haridopolos, top staffer in the Office of the Surgeon General (OSG) who is married to Rep. Mike Haridopolos (R-Fla.), will temporarily take on the duties of surgeon general as the Trump administration continues to try and get a nominee confirmed.

“Assistant Secretary for Health Admiral Brian Christine, M.D. is using his delegation of authority powers to allow Dr. Haridopolos to begin carrying out many of the duties of the Surgeon General on behalf of the American people. She will promote OSG public health actions, advisories, and guidance until the next Surgeon General is sworn into office,” and spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) told The Hill in a statement.

Haridopolos is currently the director of national communications, chief of staff and senior adviser at the OSG.

Bloomberg was first to report on Haridopolos’s new duties based on an email HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sent to........

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