Trump Nominates Schwartz for CDC, Faces Criticism

0:00President Trump just nominated Erica Schwartz, a former deputy surgeon general with medical and law degrees to lead the Centers for Disease Control and prevention. He called her incredibly talented and a real star in social media. Schwartz spent much of her career in the military running clinics for the Coast Guard and helping oversee health pros at the CDC. The Atlanta Bay CDC has faced non-stop leadership shakeups since Trump came back over a year ago. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. oversees it, and he's pushed to review the childhood vaccine schedule, though a judge recently paused some, changes. Earlier picks like Dr. David Welden saw his cine-hearing, canceled last March, and Susa Monara has got confirmed, but was fired in under a month, four. Not fitting the agenda. Scientists at the CDC quit and protest over the ousting, worried about politics messing with research. Now National Institutes of Health Director, Jay-Bot Acharya, has been acting boss for weeks.

1:00Kennedy called the new team extraordinary during a house-hearing Thursday, saying it will revolutionize the agency. Along with Schwartz, Trump tapped Sean Slevensky, a former Walmart exec, as deputy director and chief operating officer. Dr. Jennifer Schuford, from Texas Health and Dr. Sarah Brenner, from the FDA Roundout Keyrolls. Kennedy congratulated them online, aiming to restore trust and science. Critic Aaron Ciri slammed Schwartz for her vaccine support, questioning her ethics. With other health picks like Surgeon General nominee Casey, mean stalled in confirmation, this CDC move shows the administration pushing forward amid. Pushback from both parties. California News Today, powered by AI, bringing you what matters. I'm Corey, with the story.