Nominates

• La administración Trump dio a conocer una nueva lista de nominados para encabezar varias juntas federales y fondos fiduciarios, incluyendo uno que supervisará una importante ceremonia de premios culturales este año, según anuncios de la White House. • Las selecciones incluyen aliados políticos cercanos y comentaristas conservadores, lo que refuerza el patrón de Trump de colocar a leales en funciones de supervisión que gestionan subvenciones, dotaciones e instituciones de cara al público. • Los demócratas y algunos organismos de control del buen gobierno han expresado su preocupación de que los nombramientos puedan introducir criterios partidistas en programas tradicionalmente no partidistas.

• President Donald Trump announced Dr. Jennifer Shuford, Texas' top public health official and infectious disease physician, as his nominee for CDC chief medical officer on Thursday via Truth Social. • Shuford oversaw the country's largest measles outbreak in 30 years; other nominees include Dr. Erica Schwartz as CDC director, Sean Slovenski as deputy director and COO, and Dr. Sara Brenner as senior counselor to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. • The appointments aim to reshape CDC leadership amid ongoing public health challenges in the US.

Schwartz was deputy surgeon general under Trump’s first administration and is a rear admiral in the US Coast GuardDonald Trump announced Thursday that he has selected Erica Schwartz to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), bringing to an end a months-long search for a permanent head of the troubled public health agency.Trump revealed his choice on Truth Social, saying: “I am pleased to announce the new leadership of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It is my Honor to nominate the incredibly talented Dr Erica Schwartz, MD, JD, MPH, as my Director of the CDC,” he wrote. “She is a STAR!” Continue reading...