In news from Washington, President Bush has nominated Environmental Protection Agency chief Michael Leavitt to serve as secretary of Health and Human Services replacing Tommy Thompson. Leavitt would oversee Medicare and Medicaid, as well as the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health and the Indian Health Service. The Wall Street Journal reports that Leavitt, who is Mormon, will likely oppose federal funding of stem-cell research. On Monday Senator Jon Corzine of New Jersey described Leavitt as “extremely anti-choice”. Before coming to Washington, Leavitt served as governor of Utah.