Surgeon General

Presiden AS mengatakan ia justru menominasikan ahli radiologi dan kontributor Fox News Dr Nicole Saphier untuk jabatan tersebut Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Donald Trump pada hari Kamis menarik nominasinya untuk menjadi Surgeon General AS, Casey Means, dan menggantikannya. Presiden AS menyatakan bahwa Means akan terus berjuang untuk gerakan yang disebut Make America Healthy Again (Maha) yang dipelopori oleh sekretaris kesehatan Robert F Kennedy Jr. Ia menyatakan hal ini tetap dilakukan meski ada penentangan dari Bill Cassidy, senator Republik AS dari Louisiana, terhadap nominasi Means. Lanjutkan membaca...

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...

Trump has yet to nominate a permanent CDC director and the Senate confirmation of his pick for top doctor is in limboSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe Trump administration’s “Make America healthy again” (Maha) agenda appears to be stalled as two of the government’s most influential public health positions sit empty.The president has yet to nominate a permanent director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), leaving a leaderless agency that has been plagued by turmoil for the past year. At the same time, Trump’s controversial pick for surgeon general, Casey Means, remains in limbo as her nomination stalls in the Senate. Continue reading...