Dr. Erica Schwartz has emerged as the White House’s top pick to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to current and former officials.
Schwartz, a Coast Guard rear admiral, served as deputy Surgeon General in the first Trump administration.
Schwartz spent 24 years in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. She is a graduate of Brown University’s medical school and has a law degree from the University of Maryland.
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