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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Alan Vaarwerk

Afternoon Update: Trump picks Dr Oz to run Medicare; bullying reports increase at Rio Tinto; and the new word for cost-of-living rage

Mehmet Oz, best known globally as Dr Oz, with the US president-elect, Donald Trump
Mehmet Oz, best known globally as Dr Oz, with the US president-elect, Donald Trump. Photograph: Andrew Kelly/Reuters

Good afternoon. Donald Trump’s picks for his forthcoming second administration have continued to raise eyebrows, with a fresh round of loyalists and controversial media personalities nominated for high-profile positions.

Trump has nominated Mehmet Oz, best known globally as Dr Oz, to serve as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator. The failed Senate candidate and TV personality’s medical advice has proved so controversial a 2014 study declared half of it “baseless or wrong”.

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