Erica Schwartz, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention testifies before a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee confirmation hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, July 15, 2026. [Photo/Agencies]

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Erica Schwartz, MD, JD, MPH, will become the first full-time director of the CDC in nearly 1 year after senators confirmed her to the post on Wednesday, largely along party…

Schwartz brings new leadership to an agency without a director for nearly a year

The US Senate voted 51 to 44 on Wednesday to confirm Erica Schwartz as CDC director.