Denise Johnson, an obstetrician, becomes first Black woman to head Pa. health department 

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf selected Johnson as the fourth person to lead the department since the start of the pandemic.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has selected Dr. Denise Johnson to be the next head of the state’s health department.  She will be the fourth person to lead the department since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

“The Wolf administration is proud to have had four highly qualified secretaries of health lead the Department of Health through an unprecedented global pandemic and response,” department spokesperson Mark O’Neill told the  today!

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