Alex Azar confirmed by Senate as new head of Health and Human Services

Alex Azar walks to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington this week. The Senate has just confirmed him as secretary of health and human services.

The Senate voted Wednesday to confirm Alex Azar, a former drug industry executive with pristine conservative credentials, as the next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

The 55-to-43 vote for Azar ushers in his return to the government’s largest domestic agency, where he held senior roles during…