Trump nominates former deputy surgeon general to lead embattled CDC – US politics live
President taps Erica Schwartz to lead agency; its last director was fired less than a month into tenure after clashing with health secretary Robert F ...
Last updated: 2026-04-17 18:45:31 ET
President taps Erica Schwartz to lead agency; its last director was fired less than a month into tenure after clashing with health secretary Robert F ...
The CDC has been going through turmoil and several leadership shakeups under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The CDC had gone months without a permanent director after the last leader was ousted.
A new team could mark a shift away from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s unpopular vaccine agenda ahead of the midterms.
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Schwartz would be Trump’s third nominee to lead the CDC. She left government in 2021, after the Biden administration passed her over for acting U.S. surgeon general.
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