Trump's CDC Picks: Powerhouse Team for Science

0:00President Trump just nominated Dr. Erica Schwartz, a retired Coast Guard Rear Admiral and former Deputy Surgeon General from his first term, too. Lead the Centers for Disease Control in Prevention. She's a Brown University Med School grad, with a law degree and a master's in public health, bringing serious military and preventive medicine shops to. The table. He also tapped Sean Slovinsky, ex-Wallmart exec, as CDC Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer, Dr. Jennifer Schuford from Texas Health as Deputy Director and Chief Medical Officer, and Dr. Sarah Brenner from the FDA as Senior Counselor to the Health Secretary. Trump called them a powerhouse team to restore top-tier science at the agency. The CDC has been mostly without a confirmed boss during his second term so far, with Dr. Jay Bhattacharya holding it down in an acting role since. February, he's also running the National Institutes of Health. Schwartz would report to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., if confirmed.

1:00Colleagues rave about her smarts, integrity, and straight talk on science, from former bosses in the Coast Guard and Trump admin to public health. Leaders who see her as highly qualified, current staff feel cautious, hope that this season crew could end the infighting in chaos from recent cuts and political appointees. Senate approval could take months, so Bhattacharya stays put meantime, but Kennedy says this lineup is primed to revolutionize the CDC and get America healthy again. Local news powered by AI, this is California News Today. I'm Corey with the story.