US Senate confirms Trump’s pick for CDC director

By: Shauneen Miranda

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: August 5, 2026

Words: 240

Last Updated: 1 week, 6 days ago

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WASHINGTON — Dr. Erica Schwartz will be the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, after the U.S. Senate confirmed her nomination Wednesday.

The Senate confirmed, 51-44, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the national public health agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, which has taken heat over the vaccine-skeptical agenda pursued by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

That agenda marked a central theme of Schwartz’s tense confirmation …

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