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 17:53:04 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.
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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