Erica Schwartz CDC director confirmation process
The developments in this story so far, most recent first.
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Erica Schwartz clears Senate hurdle on path to CDC director confirmation
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The CDC director position remained vacant for nearly a year.
The position of director at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had been vacant for nearly a year prior to the confirmation of Erica Schwartz.
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HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired Susan Monarez.
In August last year, U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired Susan Monarez, who was the predecessor to Erica Schwartz.
Reports indicated that Monarez was dismissed after she stated that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had pressured her to preemptively sign off on changes to vaccine policy.