Prognosis: Under Trump, the CDC is in big trouble, but the FDA might be OK While the FDA pick seems perhaps the least likely to try to upend the status quo, the presumptive CDC director has been a vociferous critic of vaccination.

https://www.statnews.com/2024/11/23/dave-weldon-cdc-marty-makary-fda-trump-rfk-jr/?utm_campaign=breaking_news&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_fdmU4vaPbBV6kGFkENZHy8x8YNI1hbasTNgu8UNhE4gX9VpUHzF4vfpjynaokCx2kd28n0rn5M2X7LnTVFZQH3VsEcA&_hsmi=335358967&utm_content=335358967&utm_source=hs_email If there is a message in President-elect Trump’s Friday night reveal of who he intends to nominate for key health care positions in his administration, it is this: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are in big trouble. The Food and Drug Administration might be OK. While the FDA pick of Marty Makary seems perhaps the least likely to try to upend the status quo, the presumptive CDC director, Dave Weldon, has been a persistent skeptic about the safety of some vaccinations. That is worrisome for an agency whose most historic victories have come through the use of vaccines.