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Trump nominates former deputy surgeon general to head CDC

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President Donald Trump has nominated Erica Schwartz, a former deputy surgeon general, to head the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).1 She will need to be confirmed by the Senate, however, which may take months.