Schwartz confirmed as CDC director after bungling confirmation hearing
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美国参议院以51票对44票确认埃里卡·施瓦茨出任疾控中心主任，结束了该职位近一年的空缺。尽管施瓦茨在上月确认听证会上未能说服议员们相信她能对抗反疫苗的卫生部长小罗伯特·肯尼迪，其资质仍获认可。她拥有医学、公共卫生及法律学位，曾任海岸警卫队首席医疗官及特朗普政府时期副卫生总监，并公开倡导疫苗接种和疫情防范。前任主任莫纳雷斯因拒绝批准肯尼迪顾问小组的疫苗建议而于
In a 51–44 vote Wednesday, the US Senate confirmed Erica Schwartz as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, despite failing miserably to convince senators last month that she could stand up to anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The confirmation ends a near yearlong vacancy for the position since Kennedy fired the previous CDC director, Susan Monarez, last August. Monarez was ousted after she refused to rubber-stamp vaccine recommendations from a panel of Kennedy's hand-selected advisors, who hold similar anti-vaccine views to his own.
Schwartz is highly qualified for the role, coming to the CDC with a medical degree, a master’s degree in public health, and a law degree. She previously had a long stint as a Navy officer and held leadership roles including chief medical officer for the US Coast Guard and deputy surgeon general in the first Trump administration. Notably, she has been a public advocate for vaccines and outbreak preparedness.
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