Erica Schwartz is under consideration to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention which has faced turnover with leadership and controversy over vaccine policies.
President Donald Trump on Thursday selected Erica Schwartz, former deputy surgeon general and medical doctor, to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, he announced on Truth Social. Schwartz, who will require Senate confirmation, was deputy surgeon general during Trump’s first term and…
The president named Dr. Erica Schwartz on Thursday to run the embattled agency, which has been without a permanent director since Dr. Susan Monarez’s ouster in August.
The White House has nominated Erica Schwartz to replace NIH director Jay Bhattacharya as CDC chief. Bhattacharya has been leading the CDC on an acting basis since February, after the public health agency’s director was fired in 2025
President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would nominate Erica Schwartz, who had served as deputy surgeon general during the COVID-19 pandemic, to become director of the Centers for Disease
President Donald Trump on Thursday nominated Erica Schwartz, a former deputy surgeon general, to be the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
WASHINGTON >> President Donald Trump said today he would nominate Erica Schwartz, who had served as deputy surgeon general during the COVID-19 pandemic, to become director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention following multiple leadership shakeups at the health agency.
President Donald Trump announced Thursday he is nominating Dr. Erica Schwartz to serve as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
