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CDC Director Nomination Hearing for Dr. Erica Schwartz
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The broadcast turns to domestic health policy, where Dr. Erica Schwartz — President Trump's pick to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — faces her Senate confirmation hearing. Schwartz is a retired rear admiral in the US Public Health Service and served as deputy surgeon general during Trump's first term; she has publicly supported vaccines, a notable signal given the current political climate [1] — NPR Reporter "Dr. Erica Schwartz faces her Senate confirmation hearing to lead the CDC today. Public health veterans expect her to be confirmed, but what…" 02:35 . Public health veterans broadly expect her to be confirmed. But as Atlanta district health director Dr. Marcus Plesha notes, the harder question is what comes next: the CDC has gone without a permanent director for some time, and the agency is in a difficult state — battered by workforce cuts, depleted morale, and added layers of political review under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s leadership. Getting confirmed is the easy part; the job itself is a far steeper climb.
Dr. Erica Schwartz, Trump's CDC director nominee, faces her Senate confirmation hearing today.
Dr. Erica Schwartz faces her Senate confirmation hearing to lead the CDC today. Public health veterans expect her to be confirmed, but what follows is harder: she would inherit an agency battered by workforce cuts, low morale, and political interference under RFK Jr.
If confirmed, Dr. Schwartz will lead a CDC struggling with workforce cuts, low morale, and added political review layers under RFK Jr.'s leadership.
A charter boat carrying about 20 people capsized in San Francisco Bay, leaving one confirmed dead and three missing.
A charter pontoon boat carrying about 20 people — mostly family members on a memorial service — capsized in San Francisco Bay after being hit by a wave. One person was confirmed dead and three remain missing, with the US Coast Guard continuing its search.
