Central Pennsylvania native helps lead the nation’s fight against COVID-19

A Hershey School of Medicine graduate is helping to lead the charge in the nation’s effort to fight the coronavirus.

Ambassador Dr. Deborah Birx, from central Pennsylvania, was appointed to the Office of the Vice President as the Coronavirus Response Coordinator.

Her career as an infectious disease physician started in Hershey.

“We came to Hershey the same year together, in 1976,” said Dr. Robert Aber, infectious disease physician for Penn State Medical.

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