HHS reshuffles amid Ebola crisis

The Department of Health and Human Services is shuffling its decks amid the fight against the Ebola virus. On Thursday, the agency tapped Karen DeSalvo to become the acting assistant secretary for health, a position that oversees the surgeon general's office — among a long list of others — and plays a heavy role in issues of global health and disaster response. DeSalvo, currently the HHS's national coordinator for health information technology, told staff Thursday that the switch will allow her "to become part of our Department's team responding to Ebola and work ... on other pressing health issues."