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Experts voiced support for the nomination of Erica Schwartz, MD, MPH, JD, a deeply credentialed physician with public health experience and a history of supporting vaccines, to be the next director of the CDC.But they were troubled by several other developments involving the CDC, including changes made to the rules controlling how the agency’s influential vaccine advisory panel operates,
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The CDC has been going through turmoil and several leadership shakeups under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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