Senate confirms Dr. Erica Schwartz as CDC director

TL;DR

Dr. Erica Schwartz was confirmed as the new director of the CDC.
The CDC has been without a Senate-confirmed director for almost a year.
Schwartz is a retired Navy rear admiral and former deputy surgeon general.
She has experience responding to pandemics such as Ebola and H1N1.
Schwartz is the first Black woman to lead the CDC.
Her predecessor, Susan Monarez, was reportedly ousted for declining to follow vaccine recommendations.
Schwartz begins her tenure amid concerns about the Ebola outbreak and criticism of vaccine recommendations.

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