Vaccine policy and misinformation were the main topics of discussion Wednesday during a nomination hearing for two top federal public health positions. Erica Schwartz, MD, JD, MPH, President Donald J. Trump’s nominee for CDC director, and Sean G. Kaufman, MPH, nominee for assistant secretary for preparedness and response at HHS, testified in front of the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor

Dr. Erica Schwartz, Trump's nominee for CDC director, faces the Senate health committee for her confirmation hearing on July 15. If confirmed, she will lead an agency dealing with…

Vaccine policy and misinformation were the main topics of discussion Wednesday during a nomination hearing for two top federal public health positions. Erica Schwartz, MD,…

Committee chair Bill Cassidy calls Erica Schwartz's answers 'disappointing'

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Democrats pressed President Donald Trump's CDC and ASPR nominees on their support for vaccines.