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Senate Confirms Dr. Vivek Murthy As Surgeon General

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Getty 121514 VivekMurthy?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1418689080442Photo By Bill Clark/Roll Call/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Senate confirmed Dr. Vivek Murthy to be the next surgeon general Monday.

By a 51-43 vote, Murthy, a physician in internal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, was confirmed on Monday. The White House had been forced to pull his nomination last spring when the National Rifle Association expressed opposition to his support of gun control. The NRA also opposed Murthy’s statements that gun violence is a public health concern.

Murthy was also criticized by some Republicans for co-founding a political group that advocated for the Affordable Care Act.

The vacancy in the surgeon general position had become more notable in recent months as concerns about Ebola in the U.S. grew.


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