Nominates

• L'administration Trump a dévoilé une nouvelle liste de candidats pour diriger plusieurs conseils fédéraux et fonds fiduciaires, dont l'un supervisera une importante cérémonie de remise de prix culturels cette année, selon des annonces de la White House. • Ces choix incluent des alliés politiques proches et des commentateurs conservateurs, renforçant l'habitude de Trump de placer des fidèles à des postes de supervision gérant des subventions, des dotations et des institutions publiques. • Les démocrates et certains organismes de surveillance de la gestion publique ont exprimé des inquiétudes quant au fait que ces nominations pourraient introduire des critères partisans dans des programmes traditionnellement non partisans.

• 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...