Trump, Dave Weldon and CDC

Trump's CDC pick, Dr. Dave Weldon, a Long Island native, stirs concern
He graduated from Farmingdale High in 1971 and from Stony Brook in 1978 with a bachelor of science in biochemistry.
Dave Weldon, Trump's CDC pick, could bolster an RFK Jr. anti-vaccine agenda
As President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the CDC, Dave Weldon, a former congressman from Florida and a physician, is positioned as an important anti-vaccine ally for Robert F. Kennedy Jr ., Trump's pick for health secretary.
Trump picks former congressman Dave Weldon of Florida to lead CDC
Weldon, 71, is a medical doctor and former lawmaker who served in the House, representing Florida. The former congressman has been a strong critic of the CDC, especially its vaccine program. Weldon has championed the long-debunked notion that thimerosal, a vaccine preservative, is linked to autism.
Trump picks former Florida Rep. Dr. Dave Weldon as director of CDC
President-elect Trump announced that former Rep. Dr. Dave Weldon is his pick as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Former Florida congressman Dave Weldon picked as CDC director
While in Congress, Weldon introduced a bill that would give responsibility for the nation's vaccine safety to an independent agency within the HHS.
Trump picks Marty Makary to lead FDA, Dave Weldon to run CDC
Makary and Weldon, who have criticized the agencies they may soon run, were joined by Janette Nesheiwat, Trump’s pick to be surgeon general.
Trump selects Dave Weldon, former congressman with ties to vaccine critics, to lead CDC
Weldon has questioned the safety of some vaccines and advocated for limits on abortion. He'll be the first CDC director to face Senate confirmation.
Former Space Coast Congressman Dave Weldon tapped by Trump to head CDC
Former Congressman Dave Weldon is the latest Floridian named to President-elect Donald Trump’s administration.
Trump Picks Vaccine Critic Weldon to Lead CDC, Makary for FDA Head
Career conservative and former congressman Dave Weldon will, if confirmed, act as director of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, where his anti-vaccine views will mesh with those of selected Department of Health and Human Services head Robert F.
Trump Names Dave Weldon as His Pick to Direct the CDC
Started in 1946 to combat the spread of malaria in the United States, the CDC is now charged with providing leadership, information and scientific expertise in preventing and cont
Trump picks former Florida Rep. Weldon to lead CDC
President-elect Donald Trump has tapped former Florida Rep. Dave Weldon to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Weldon is a doctor of more than 40 years and an Army veteran. He served on the Labor and HHS Appropriations Subcommittee while in Congress,
CDC chief urges focus on health threats as agency confronts political changes
President-elect Donald Trump on Friday night said he picked Dave Weldon, a former Congressman from Florida, to be the ...
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Trump nominates author of federal pro-life protection to lead CDC
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President-Elect Trump Appoints Brevard’s Dr. Dave Weldon Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
President-elect Donald Trump announced that former Rep. Dr. Dave Weldon, R-Fla., is his pick as the director of the Centers ...
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Prognosis: Under Trump, the CDC is in big trouble, but the FDA might be OK
But while the FDA pick of Marty Makary seems perhaps the least likely to try to upend the status quo, the presumptive CDC ...