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Trump Administration Pulls CDC Nominee Dave Weldon at Last Minute
As Marty Makary and Jay Bhattacharya sail through the Senate health committee vote, Weldon's confirmation hearing is canceled ...
His Daughter Was America’s First Measles Death in a Decade
He hadn’t been expecting a stranger with a notepad, but he listened as I explained that I had come to town to write about the ...
Dr. David Weldon on the Withdrawal
Artificial Dyes in Food: In his first meeting with top executives from PepsiCo, W.K. Kellogg, General Mills and other large ...
VERIFY: The U.S. has bird flu vaccines...but doesn't use them
The existing vaccines don't match the current strain, and both the U.S. and E.U. have rules on imported birds that are ...
Murkowski, Collins expressed concerns prior to White House pulling Weldon nomination
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) and Maine Sen. Susan Collins (R) expressed their concerns over Dave Weldon’s nomination to ...
CrossFit looks for new owners amid years of shake-ups
The sale comes against the backdrop of several tumultuous years for the fitness brand, after a drowning at last year’s ...
What dismantling the Education Department means for kids with disabilities
Why is the Education Department’s work especially important for students with disabilities? How does the department help ...
White House Abruptly Yanks CDC Nomination of Dave Weldon, Longtime Vaccine Skeptic
The Trump administration appears to have reached a bridge too far. On Thursday, the White House withdrew its nomination of ...
Weldon’s history of vaccine skepticism helped tank his CDC nomination
“Dave Weldon is anti-vaccine, anti-woman, and anti-science. He was not qualified to serve as CDC director," said Colorado Rep. Diana DeGette, the top Democrat on the Energy and Commerce Health ...
RFK Jr.’s first month as health secretary: Touting French fries and casting doubts on vaccines
WASHINGTON (AP) — There sat Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s top health official, at a Steak ’n Shake with Fox News host ...
White House withdraws CDC director nomination
The White House has withdrawn the nomination of Dave Weldon, a former Republican congressman from Florida, to lead the ...
White House withdraws CDC director nominee scrutinized for vaccine stance
Sources familiar with the matter confirmed that the White House has withdrawn the nomination for Dave Weldon as CDC director.