White House rescinds Dr. Dave Weldon's appointment as head of the CDC.
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Scramble's in the White House as they've axed the nomination of Dr. Dave Weldon for the director's role at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Sources close to the decision spilled the beans to ol' CNN.
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee scrapped Weldon's hearing, following the White House's decision, which was originally scheduled for Thursday. Historically, the Senate would confirm the CDC director after the hearing. This time around, it'd be the first vote on the nomination to lead the agency.
Insider sources whisper that Trump officials have reservations about Weldon's recent skepticism towards vaccines. Even the US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., known for his own history of questioning vaccines, had concerns, these sources claim.
Axios reported on the White House's decision to withdraw Weldon's nomination initially.
Health professionals have been taking Weldon to town ever since his nomination was announced last year. He served 14 years in Congress, representing a Florida district near Tampa from 1995 to 2009, and had bills in the works shifting vaccine safety oversight away from the CDC. He also kept raising concerns about vaccine safety, even for those that had already been thoroughly studied.
Democratic Senator Patty Murray from Washington told CNN this week that Weldon peddled debunked vaccines claims during a meeting last month. In a rebuttal to CNN late Wednesday, Weldon fired back, suggesting Murray is shilling for Big Pharma, eager to hamper the nominations of both Kennedy at HHS and himself at CDC.
CNN tried to get a comment out of Weldon about the nomination withdrawal, but as of now, no response has been received.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
- The withdrawal of Dr. Dave Weldon's nomination for the director's role at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) due to concerns about his skepticism towards vaccines was reported by Axios.
- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee cancelled Dr. Weldon's hearing, potentially preventing him from leading the CDC, as a result of reservations expressed by Trump officials and even the US Health and Human Services Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., about his stance on vaccines.
- Following the controversy surrounding his skepticism towards vaccines, health professionals have been critical of Dr. Weldon, and Democratic Senator Patty Murray from Washington accused him of peddling debunked vaccine claims during a recent meeting.
