Biden signals new path for Warp Speed, names Kessler to replace Slaoui 

President-elect Joe Biden will appoint former FDA Commissioner David Kessler to replace Moncef Slaoui as scientific leader of the U.S. government’s COVID-19 countermeasures development program. 

In a plan released Friday, Biden, who Thursday called the U.S. COVID-19 vaccine rollout a “dismal failure,” asked Congress to fund a revamped vaccine distribution initiative and a “massive” expansion of COVID-19 testing. The plan also called for renewed focus on the development of COVID-19 therapies and establishment of surveillance capabilities to detect and track mutant strains of SARS-CoV2. ...