The envoy, Amos Hochstein, said that an end to the fighting is "within our reach" after meeting the president of the Lebanese parliament, a key interlocutor of Hezbollah, in Beirut.
If confirmed as HHS secretary, the longtime vaccine critic would be in a position to change the government's immunization recommendations and delay the development of new vaccines.
At Dartmouth, long before the advent of laptops and smartphones, he worked to give more students access to computers. That work helped propel generations into a new world.
Most people in the enclave are struggling just to survive Israel's onslaught against Hamas, and experts say famine is imminent. Yet some pockets of ordinary life have flourished despite the war.
The outbreak, which has sickened nearly 40 people, has been linked to several brands of organic carrots recalled from the market and sold by Grimmway Farms, officials said.
With two months left in his term, the president authorized the Ukrainian army for the first time to use the system known as ATACMS to defend its forces in Russia's Kursk region.