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  "id": 2083305,
  "title": "Africa: The CDC Has a New Director - Now Comes the Hard Part",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/africa-the-cdc-has-a-new-director-now-comes-the-hard-part",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-20T05:21:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "AllAfrica Health",
    "slug": "allafrica-health",
    "url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202608200117.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "[The Conversation Africa] The new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Erica Schwartz, confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Aug. 5, 2026, is only the second CDC director to face Senate confirmation. Congress adopted the process for the agency after the COVID-19 pandemic to bring more scrutiny to one of the country's most consequential public health jobs, as part of the…",
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        "outlet": "The Conversation",
        "title": "The CDC has a new director – now comes the hard part",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/the-cdc-has-a-new-director-now-comes-the-hard-part",
        "published": "2026-08-19T12:29:13.000Z"
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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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