Trump's CDC pick, Dr. Dave Weldon, a Long Island native, stirs concern
He graduated from Farmingdale High in 1971 and from Stony Brook in 1978 with a bachelor of science in biochemistry.
Dave Weldon, Trump's CDC pick, could bolster an RFK Jr. anti-vaccine agenda
As President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the CDC, Dave Weldon, a former congressman from Florida and a physician, is positioned as an important anti-vaccine ally for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump's pick for health secretary. Experts say the Weldon ...
Former Florida congressman Dave Weldon picked as CDC director
While in Congress, Weldon introduced a bill that would give responsibility for the nation's vaccine safety to an independent agency within the HHS.
Trump picks former Florida Rep. Weldon to lead CDC
President-elect Donald Trump has tapped former Florida Rep. Dave Weldon, a physician and vaccine safety skeptic, to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Trump picks former Florida Rep. Dr. Dave Weldon as director of CDC
President-elect Trump announced that former Rep. Dr. Dave Weldon is his pick as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Trump picks former Florida member of Congress Dave Weldon to head the CDC
Former Congress member Dave Weldon is the latest Floridian named to President-elect Donald Trump’s administration.
Trump selects Dave Weldon, former congressman with ties to vaccine critics, to lead CDC
Weldon has questioned the safety of some vaccines and advocated for limits on abortion. He'll be the first CDC director to face Senate confirmation.
Trump Picks Vaccine Critic Weldon to Lead CDC, Makary for FDA Head
Career conservative and former congressman Dave Weldon will, if confirmed, act as director of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, where his anti-vaccine views will mesh with those of selected Department of Health and Human Services head Robert F.
Trump picks former congressman Dave Weldon of Florida to lead CDC
Weldon, 71, is a medical doctor and former lawmaker who served in the House, representing Florida. The former congressman has been a strong critic of the CDC, especially its vaccine program. Weldon has championed the long-debunked notion that thimerosal, a vaccine preservative, is linked to autism.
Trump selects former Florida Rep. Dave Weldon to lead CDC
President-elect Donald Trump tapped former Florida Rep. Dave Weldon (R) to serve as the director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) during his upcoming administration. “I am thrilled to announce that former Congressman,
President-Elect Trump Names His Picks to Head the CDC and FDA
President-elect Donald Trump has announced his picks for key health positions in his new cabinet. To run the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Trump has turned to David Weldon, M.D., a long-time internist who interrupted his medical career to represent a Florida district for seven terms in
Trump nominates former Space Coast Congressman Weldon to head Centers for Disease Control
Trump says Weldon 'will proudly restore CDC to its true purpose, and will work to end the chronic disease epidemic, and make ...
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President-Elect Trump Appoints Brevard’s Dr. Dave Weldon Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
President-elect Donald Trump announced that former Rep. Dr. Dave Weldon, R-Fla., is his pick as the director of the Centers ...
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Trump Nominates Physicians for CDC Director, Surgeon General
Opens in a new tab or window President-elect Donald Trump on Friday nominated former Republican Rep. Dave Weldon, MD, of ...