Expert: Hearing sowed doubts about Schwartz’s ability to lead CDC

A vaccine expert who was initially supportive of the nomination of Erica Schwartz, MD, JD, MPH, to be the next CDC director said her testimony during a Senate hearing last week unearthed doubts about her candidacy. Schwartz spent 25 years as an occupational medicine physician in the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard and served as deputy surgeon general during President Donald J. Trump’s first term. When