{
  "id": 7091969,
  "title": "CDC director's 'unusual' silence draws scrutiny",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/cdc-directors-unusual-silence-draws-scrutiny",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-13T10:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/6085687-cdc-erica-schwartz-measles-virus-vaccines/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Just a month into her tenure, CDC director Erica Schwartz is missing in action. The country is heading into respiratory virus season, and public guidance on COVID-19, flu and RSV vaccines has been muddled, at best. The worst measles epidemic in more than 30 years continues unabated, while the Health and Human Services secretary is...",
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  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}