Trump's Health Nominees: The Vaccine Divide Exposed The recent Senate grilling of President Trump's health nominees has exposed a disturbing disconnect between science and politics in the US.
Erica Schwartz, nominated to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Sean Kaufman, her counterpart at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, faced tough questions from Democrats and some Republicans about their stance on vaccine pressures.
The most striking aspect of these hearings was not the nominees' qualifications or policy positions but rather their apparent reluctance to break with the Trump administration's dubious record on vaccines.