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  "path": "/2026/04/16/repub/trump-picks-new-director-for-centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-17T00:35:08.000Z",
  "site": "https://alaskabeacon.com",
  "tags": [
    "D.C. Bureau",
    "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention",
    "childhood vaccines",
    "Erica Schwartz",
    "Robert F. Kennedy Jr."
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  "textContent": "WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday said he will nominate Erica Schwartz, who served in the president’s first administration, to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a seat left vacant for months after his last director said she was ousted in a rift over childhood vaccines. Trump announced his new pick on his […]",
  "title": "Trump picks new director for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention"
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