President Donald Trump announced his choice to run the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday, nominating Dr. Erica Schwartz as its next director. “Erica graduated from Brown ...

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President Trump has nominated Dr. Erica Schwartz, who served as deputy surgeon general in his first administration, to serve as the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The ...

Dr. Erica Schwartz is seen as a highly qualified traditional choice and tapping her is the strongest signal yet that the administration is veering away from vaccine skepticism this election year. By ...

President Donald Trump’s new pick to lead the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a public health veteran who has led vaccination programs, a new sign of the administration’s shifting ...

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President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he was nominating Dr. Erica Schwartz to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ...

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