Dr. Erica Schwartz, newly appointed CDC director, is already tackling the agency’s deep staffing crisis and leadership void, vowing to rebuild trust through transparency and science — even as over 3,000 employees have left and key programs like Alzheimer’s and smoking prevention sit idle without enough staff to function. With a background in uniformed services, she’s signaling a no-nonsense approach, including potential friction with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., while launching a high-stakes 90-day task force on childhood vaccine safety. Staff are watching closely — hopeful but skeptical — as she moves from promises to proof.

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