Senate confirms Schwartz for CDC director

The Senate confirmed Erica Schwartz for Centers for Disease Control director on Wednesday, giving the beleaguered agency its first full-time political leader in almost a year. Why it matters: While the 51-44 vote marked a step toward refilling the depleted ranks of the Trump administration's health care leadership, it

The Senate voted on Wednesday to confirm Dr. Erica Schwartz as the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will soon have a new official director for the first time in nearly a year, after the Senate on Wednesday voted to confirm Dr. Erica Schwartz.  Schwartz was confirmed on a mostly party-line 51-44 vote. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) was the lone Democrat to vote in her…

Dr. Schwartz, a deputy surgeon general in the first Trump administration, has publicly supported childhood vaccines.

Dr. Erica Schwartz has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention