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title: "Erica Schwartz Confirmed as CDC Director After 51-44 Senate Vote"
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# Erica Schwartz Confirmed as CDC Director After 51-44 Senate Vote
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- **Specialty:** [Infectious Disease](https://medichelpline.com/clinical-feed/infectious-disease.md)
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- **Published At:** 2026-08-05T19:08:33.000Z
- **Evidence Rating:** Verified Feed
## Executive GIST (TL;DR)
- The Senate confirmed **Erica Schwartz** as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by a 51-44 vote, ending a nearly yearlong vacancy for the agency’s top post. - The vacancy followed the firing of the previous CDC director last year by Health Secretary **Robert F. Kennedy Jr.**; an interim period saw significant agency changes executed without a permanent CDC leader. - The Department of Health and Human Services has moved to unilaterally reduce the recommended pediatric vaccine schedule, including delaying the **hepatitis B** birth dose, and has altered CDC webpages on vaccine safety. - Schwartz, a retired rear admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, previously served as deputy surgeon general during the first Trump administration and oversaw Covid-19 testing drive-thrus and tents. - The agency faces ongoing outbreaks, including **measles**, a U.S. foodborne parasitic outbreak, and **Ebola** in parts of Africa; these are immediate operational priorities for the new director. - Senate Health Committee leader **Bill Cassidy (R-La.)** pressed Schwartz on resisting political pressure from Kennedy and Trump during her confirmation hearing; Cassidy later voted to advance her nomination but warned about future nominees if agreements with HHS were reversed. - Cassidy has publicly said HHS agreed to modify a changed CDC vaccine webpage, but he is leaving the Senate in January after losing his reelection bid. - The confirmation ends an extended leadership gap but leaves unresolved questions about how Schwartz will handle the administration’s aggressive vaccine policy agenda and potential political interference. - The public health community is watching how Schwartz will navigate both immediate outbreak responses and the politically charged vaccine policy changes enacted while the agency lacked a permanent director.
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Test your knowledge with our new weekday mini crossword [ Start solving ](https://www.statnews.com/stat-mini-crossword/) [Health](https://www.statnews.com/category/health/) # Erica Schwartz confirmed as CDC director, filling nearly yearlong vacancy ## Agency veteran faces multiple public health challenges and tricky political territory * [Manage alerts for this article](https://www.statnews.com/my-account/edit/#emails) * Email this article * [Share this article](https://www.statnews.com/2026/08/05/senate-confirms-dr-erica-schwartz-new-cdc-director/?utm_campaign=rss) ![](https://www.statnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2286230988-645x645.jpg) Erica Schwartz at her confirmation hearing in July to become CDC director.Finn Gomez/Getty Images ![](https://www.statnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Chelsea-Cirruzzo-avatar-round-80x80.png) By [Chelsea Cirruzzo](https://www.statnews.com/staff/chelsea-cirruzzo/) Aug. 5, 2026 Washington Correspondent ![](https://www.statnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Chelsea-Cirruzzo-avatar-round-80x80.png) [Chelsea Cirruzzo](https://www.statnews.com/staff/chelsea-cirruzzo/) 1. [](https://x.com/chelseacirruzzo "X") chelsea.cirruzzo@statnews.com Chelsea covers the Department of Health and Human Services with a particular focus on power and influence at the top. Confidential tips can be sent via Signal at chelseacirruzzo.42. [Get email alerts for Chelsea CirruzzoSigned up for email alertsRemove email alerts](https://www.statnews.com/2026/08/05/senate-confirms-dr-erica-schwartz-new-cdc-director/?utm_campaign=rss) [Subscribe](https://www.statnews.com/stat-plus/) or [log in](https://www.statnews.com/login/) to STAT+ to unlock email alerts WASHINGTON — [Erica Schwartz](https://www.statnews.com/2026/04/16/erica-schwartz-cdc-director-nominee/) was confirmed Wednesday as the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, making her the second permanent leader of the agency since the second Trump administration took office. Her confirmation, approved by the Senate in a 51-44 vote, also ends a nearly yearlong vacancy for the CDC’s top job after health secretary [Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired Schwartz’s predecessor last year](https://www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/cdc-director-fired-behind-the-scenes-look/). Advertisement Related Story ![](https://www.statnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2286229894-768x432.jpg) ### [Key Senate panel backs Trump’s picks for CDC, pandemic preparedness](https://www.statnews.com/2026/07/30/senate-panel-backs-confirmation-health-nominees-schwartz-cdc-kaufman-aspr/) Schwartz will join the agency as it deals with a number of ongoing disease outbreaks, including [measles](https://www.statnews.com/2026/07/24/measles-cases-surpass-2025-total-national-vaccination-rate-now-below-key-threshold/) and a [foodborne parasite](https://www.statnews.com/2026/08/03/cyclospora-outbreak-two-fatalities-reported-michigan/) in the U.S. and [Ebola](https://www.statnews.com/2026/08/04/ebola-1700-deaths-eastern-congo-fastest-growing-outbreak/) in parts of Africa. Schwartz, a retired rear admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, was deputy surgeon general during the first Trump administration. During that time, she was responsible for standing up Covid-19 public testing drive-thrus and tents. The public health world will also be watching to see how Schwartz handles Kennedy’s aggressive vaccine policy agenda. Schwartz’s predecessor, Susan Monarez, was fired just a month into her job last August after she said Kennedy pressured her to preemptively sign off on vaccine policy changes. In the absence of a CDC director, the Department of Health and Human Services has moved to [unilaterally reduce the number of recommended pediatric vaccines](https://www.statnews.com/2026/01/05/childhood-vaccine-schedule-new-cdc-recommendation-11-shots/), including [delaying the hepatitis B birth dose](https://www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/cdc-hepatitis-b-vaccination-acip-panel-overturns-30-year-policy/). Kennedy has also [modified a CDC webpage](https://www.statnews.com/2025/11/21/rfk-jr-ordered-vaccines-autism-cdc-website-change/) that reversed the agency’s stance that vaccines do not cause autism, though Senate health committee leader Bill Cassidy (R-La.) has said that [HHS has agreed to modify the page again](https://www.statnews.com/2026/07/30/senate-panel-backs-confirmation-health-nominees-schwartz-cdc-kaufman-aspr/). Advertisement At a Senate health committee confirmation hearing, Cassidy repeatedly pressed Schwartz on how she might stand up to political pressure from Kennedy or Trump, and seemed dissatisfied with her lack of a response. Later, Cassidy voted to confirm Schwartz out of committee, saying during the vote he had spoken to her and was “confident that she knows what she is doing.” He did warn, however, that any further reversal on agreements he had received from HHS to rein in vaccine policy changes could hamper future health nominees. 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