{"id":738,"date":"2026-08-06T23:43:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T23:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marketrelocationreport.com\/?p=738"},"modified":"2026-08-06T23:43:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T23:43:58","slug":"cdc-gets-a-new-chief-as-agency-faces-questions-over-its-direction-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marketrelocationreport.com\/?p=738","title":{"rendered":"CDC gets a new chief as agency faces questions over its direction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Dr. Erica Schwartz will be the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, after the Senate confirmed her nomination Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/marketrelocationreport.com\/?p=737\">Watchdog puts new numbers on the size of DOGE, but many details remain unknown as agencies refuse to turn over information<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Senate confirmed, 51-44, President Donald Trump\u2019s pick to lead the\u00a0national public health agency\u00a0within the Department of Health and Human Services, which has taken heat over the vaccine-skeptical agenda pursued by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/p>\n<p>That agenda marked a central theme of Schwartz\u2019s tense\u00a0confirmation hearing\u00a0in July before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, where lawmakers on both sides of the aisle pressed her on how she would deal with any political interference from the Trump administration when it comes to vaccine policy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Schwartz ultimately scored the backing of the panel\u2019s chair, Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., who had appeared dissatisfied with her responses at her confirmation hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/marketrelocationreport.com\/?p=735\">Mediation agency changes how labor disputes move forward<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va.,\u00a0was the only Democrat who voted to confirm Schwartz\u2019s bid.<\/p>\n<p>Schwartz worked as an occupational medicine physician in the U.S. Navy. 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