Trump Selects Former Congressman Dave Weldon for CDC Director
- Former politician, physician to helm public health agency
- Trump says CDC needs to ‘step up’ to fix past mistakes
Dave Weldon
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President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Dave Weldon to be director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, tapping a former Florida politician and physician to lead the nation’s public health agency.
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