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  "title": "Senate confirms Erica Schwartz as CDC director",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/senate-confirms-erica-schwartz-as-cdc-director",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-05T19:49:17.000Z",
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  "summary": "The US Senate voted 51 to 44 on Wednesday to confirm Erica Schwartz as the next CDC director. Schwartz, a former deputy surgeon general and Coast Guard veteran, was widely expected to win confirmation. Senators ...",
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        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Erica Schwartz clears Senate hurdle on path to CDC director confirmation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/erica-schwartz-clears-senate-hurdle-on-path-to-cdc-director",
        "published": "2026-08-05T16:39:48.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Scientific American",
        "title": "Trump CDC pick Erica Schwartz confirmed to lead nation’s top public health agency",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/trump-cdc-pick-erica-schwartz-confirmed-to-lead-nations-top-public",
        "published": "2026-08-05T20:00:00.000Z"
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        "outlet": "CNBC",
        "title": "Senate confirms Erica Schwartz as CDC director",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/senate-confirms-erica-schwartz-as-cdc-director-193088",
        "published": "2026-08-05T20:19:04.000Z"
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        "outlet": "MedPage Today",
        "title": "Senate Confirms Erica Schwartz as CDC Director",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/senate-confirms-erica-schwartz-as-cdc-director-191062",
        "published": "2026-08-05T20:39:04.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Erica Schwartz confirmed as new CDC chief amid US agency turmoil",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/erica-schwartz-confirmed-as-new-cdc-chief-amid-us-agency-turmoil",
        "published": "2026-08-05T22:46:03.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "BioPharma Dive",
        "title": "Erica Schwartz confirmed as next CDC director",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/erica-schwartz-confirmed-as-next-cdc-director",
        "published": "2026-08-06T15:12:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "RFK Jr. visiting CDC campus as Erica Schwartz takes on leadership",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/rfk-jr-visiting-cdc-campus-as-erica-schwartz-takes-on-leadership",
        "published": "2026-08-07T14:57:10.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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