Dr. Vivek Murthy -- an Obama appointee -- resigns as Surgeon General, replaced by deputy Sylvia Trent-Adams, a nurse https://t.co/RKZ3JoptKa pic.twitter.com/vQvLWCw2n0
— ABC News (@ABC) April 22, 2017
President Donald Trump continues to clean house by replacing all of the former administration's holdovers.
Last week, President Trump asked U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy to resign. On Friday, Trump appointed Rear Admiral Sylvia Trent-Adams as acting U.S. Surgeon General. Trent-Adams is one of the first registered nurses to hold such an esteemed position.