Trump Picks Former Deputy Surgeon General Schwartz for CDC (2)

President Donald Trump has named a former US deputy surgeon general to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a conventional choice for an agency that’s been embroiled in chaos.

Trump nominated Erica Schwartz, also a retired rear admiral in the Commissioned Corps of the US Public Health Service, according to a post on Truth Social Thursday. Schwartz, who holds medical and law degrees, would be the fourth CDC leader during Trump’s second term if confirmed by the Senate.

“She is a STAR!” Trump wrote in his post.

The CDC, which tracks public health threats and guides ...