Schwartz confirmed as CDC director after bungling confirmation hearing

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The New York Times and The Guardian, both leaning left, framed the story as a routine confirmation, emphasizing Schwartz’s appointment and noting the partisan split in the vote, with the Guardian explicitly referencing her as a “Trump…

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Schwartz confirmed as CDC director after bungling confirmation hearing

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Failing up Schwartz confirmed as CDC director after bungling confirmation hearing Schwartz is well-qualified for the role, but crashed and burned in Senate hearing. The confirmation ends a near yearlong vacancy for the position since Kennedy fired the previous CDC director, Susan Monarez, last August. Monarez was ousted after she refused to rubber-stamp vaccine recommendations from a panel of Kennedy’s hand-selected advisors, who hold similar anti-vaccine views to his own.

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▪Failing up Schwartz confirmed as CDC director after bungling confirmation hearing Schwartz is well-qualified for the role, but crashed and burned in Senate hearing.
▪The confirmation ends a near yearlong vacancy for the position since Kennedy fired the previous CDC director, Susan Monarez, last August.
▪Monarez was ousted after she refused to rubber-stamp vaccine recommendations from a panel of Kennedy’s hand-selected advisors, who hold similar anti-vaccine views to his own.

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▪ Senate confirms Trump pick Erica Schwartz as new CDC director — The Guardian — World
▪ Senate Confirms Dr. Erica Schwartz as C.D.C. Director — NYT — Politics

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Failing up Schwartz confirmed as CDC director after bungling confirmation hearing Schwartz is well-qualified for the role, but crashed and burned in Senate hearing. Beth Mole – Aug 5, 2026 5:03 pm | 8 Erica G. Schwartz, M.D., J.D., M.P.H. Credit: Wikipedia | HHS Erica G. Schwartz, M.D., J.D., M.P.H. Credit: Wikipedia | HHS Text settings Story text Size Small Standard Large Width * Standard Wide Links Standard Orange * Subscribers only Learn more Minimize to nav In a 51–44 vote Wednesday, the US Senate confirmed Erica Schwartz as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, despite failing miserably to convince senators last month that she could stand up to anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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