A White House official confirmed that the administration is pulling Dave Weldon's nomination to be director of the Centers ...

The White House withdrew President Donald Trump's nomination of former Republican congressman and vaccine critic Dave Weldon to serve as director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

A key Republican on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee shared concerns about CDC director nominee Dave Weldon’s vaccine views with the White House before his nomination ...

In his nearly 15-year tenure in the House, Weldon sought to remove vaccine safety research from the CDC’s domain. After he left, he became close with Kennedy, who reportedly put his name forward ...

Kennedy Jr., who oversees the CDC and appears to share similar views, particularly on vaccines. On Thursday, Weldon is expected to face questions from the Senate Health, Education, Labor and ...

While serving as a representative of Florida in Congress, Weldon had raised concerns about the CDC controlling vaccines, believing they have a conflict of interest tied to “Big Pharma.” ...

But Weldon also rejected studies that found no causal link between childhood vaccines and autism, and accused the CDC of short-circuiting research that might show otherwise. Weldon later appeared ...

Dave Weldon was scheduled to have a confirmation hearing on Thursday, but the White House scrapped the nomination of the former Florida congressman.

RFK Jr. Wastes No Time Revisiting Childhood Vaccine Policies President Donald Trump announced his nomination of Weldon to become the next director of the CDC late last year. It’s a position that ...

Weldon, a physician who has long criticized ... Reuters has reported that the CDC does plan to study autism and vaccines. In addition to measles, the new CDC director would be charged with helping ...

Kennedy Jr., who oversees the CDC and appears to share similar views, particularly on vaccines. On Thursday, Weldon is expected to face questions from the Senate Health, Education, Labor and ...