Senate confirms Trump pick Erica Schwartz as new CDC director

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Dr Erica Schwartz was confirmed by the US Senate as director ‌of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a rare win for the Trump administration after a string of failed attempts to fill senior health posts. Schwartz was confirmed by a ⁠51-44 vote that broke largely along party lines, with Tim Kaine of Virginia the sole Democrat to support her nomination. Donald Trump’s third pick to run the CDC, Schwartz is set to take the reins of the agency after a tumultuous period of leadership turnover, and amid public concern over an outbreak of cyclosporiasis and Robert F Kennedy Jr’s hesitancy towards vaccines. At her confirmation hearing last…

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