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Updated July 15, 2026 at 10:50 AM AKDT Dr. Erica Schwartz, Trump's latest nominee to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was
Trump's nominee faces the Senate health committee for her confirmation hearing on July 15. If confirmed, she will lead an agency dealing with workforce and leadership shortages and new layers of political review.
By: Pien Huang
Public health officials acknowledge they need to shed paternalistic messaging if they want to reach more people. The nominee to run the CDC says she will strike a new tone.
Public health officials acknowledge they need to shed paternalistic messaging if they want to reach more people. The nominee to run the CDC says she will strike a new tone.
Cyclospora, the parasite that's been wreaking havoc in people's digestive systems over the past month, starts with a single cell. The parasite passes through human intestines to reproduce. Their complex biology contributes to why it's so hard to kick, leading to infections that can last for weeks or months.
Cyclospora, the parasite that's been wreaking havoc in people's digestive systems over the past month, starts with a single cell. The parasite passes through human intestines to reproduce. Their complex biology contributes to why it's so hard to kick, leading to infections that can last for weeks or months.
This summer, tiny Cyclospora parasites have wreaked havoc on the digestive systems of thousands of people in the U.S.
By: Pien Huang
She will take command of a public health agency that has lost thousands of employees in the second Trump administration amid layoffs, resignations and leadership shakeups.
Schwartz takes command of a public health agency that has lost thousands of employees amid layoffs, resignations and leadership turmoil.
Schwartz takes command of a public health agency that has lost thousands of employees amid layoffs, resignations and leadership turmoil.
