CDC, Dave Weldon and Trump

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.
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.
Dave Weldon, Trump's CDC pick, could bolster an RFK Jr. anti-vaccine agenda
President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of Dr. Dave Weldon, a former congressman from Florida who has questioned vaccine safety, to lead the CDC may position him as an important anti-vaccine ally for Robert F.
Trump's 'nonscientific' CDC pick questioned by medical experts: NYT
Donald Trump caused alarm in the medical community by picking anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head up the Department of Health and Human Services. But less noted was a similarly-minded pick to head up 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 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.
Trump Taps Another Vaccine Skeptic, An Amityville Native, To Lead CDC
Another vaccine skeptic with New York ties could soon shape public health policy. President-elect Donald Trump nominated former Florida congressman and physician Dave Weldon to serve as director of the Centers for Disease Control and
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 nominates author of federal pro-life protection to lead CDC
President-elect Donald Trump has selected a staunch pro-life advocate to serve as Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Protection as the pro-life movement has expressed concern about his pick to lead the agency that oversees it.
Dr. Dave Weldon, Trump’s CDC Pick, Wasn’t on Anyone’s Radar
Dr. Dave Weldon, a former Republican congressman who is President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been off the political stage for more than 15 years.
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.
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Dr. Dave Weldon, Trump’s CDC Pick, Was Not on Anyone’s Radar
Weldon rejected those findings, too. “CDC needs a leader who can integrate all the evidence that exists,” Sharfstein said ...
Trump nominates former Space Coast Congressman Weldon to head Centers for Disease Control
Trump says Weldon 'will proudly restore CDC to its true purpose, and will work to end the chronic disease epidemic, and make ...
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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 ...