Senate Confirms Erica Schwartz as CDC Director in 51-44 Vote After 1-Year Vacancy
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Updated · Bloomberg · Aug 5
Senate Confirms Erica Schwartz as CDC Director in 51-44 Vote After 1-Year Vacancy
3 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Aug 5
Summary
Erica Schwartz won Senate confirmation on Wednesday to lead the CDC, giving the agency its first permanent director in nearly a year.
The 51-44 vote gave President Donald Trump’s nominee bipartisan backing, though the confirmation was largely along partisan lines.
Schwartz, a former deputy surgeon general and the administration’s third nominee, will report to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The appointment fills a post left vacant after Kennedy fired the prior director and comes as the Atlanta-based agency faces staff losses, outbreaks and multiple public health threats.