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参议院以党派划线投票确认埃丽卡·施瓦茨博士就任疾控中心（CDC）主任之际，受污染生菜引发的环孢子虫疫情正在全美蔓延
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参议院本周三以党派划线投票确认埃丽卡·施瓦茨博士出任下一任美国疾病控制与预防中心主任。此时正值各类病毒疫情在美国各地肆虐，同时议员们也在质疑，他们是否选出了能够对抗唐纳德·特朗普总统最高卫生官员的人选。
此次提名确认之际，由受污染生菜引发的环孢子虫——也就是俗称的腹泻寄生虫——疫情正从全美各地蔓延开来。
施瓦茨是特朗普第二任期内执掌该机构的最新人选，美国疾控中心这个全美疾病防控机构的负责人职位此前已经换过近六任掌舵人。
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参议院确认埃丽卡·施瓦茨博士出任美国疾病控制与预防中心下一任主任。（芬恩·戈麦斯/盖蒂图片社）
她险些未能进入全体参议院投票环节。
参议院卫生、教育、劳工与养老金委员会（HELP）议员对施瓦茨展开质询，询问她是否会真正对抗卫生与公众服务部部长小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪及其有关疫苗的立场。
值得注意的是，去年以决定性一票支持肯尼迪就任部长的参议院卫生委员会主席、路易斯安那州共和党议员比尔·卡西迪，并不相信施瓦茨会只是唯命是从，而非基于科学和医学做出决策。
特朗普抨击参议员比尔·卡西迪为“不忠的灾难”，在路易斯安那州共和党初选中支持挑战者朱莉娅·莱特洛
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在最初的委员会听证会上，被问及是否会违抗出于政治动机的指令时，施瓦茨告诉卡西迪：“部长绝对会允许我担任疾控中心主任。”
“我觉得自己不得不比原本预想的更坚定地追问这个问题，”卡西迪说道，“你可以只做个唯命是从的疾控中心主任，但我们需要的是能够真正站出来对抗那些破坏公众对疫苗接种信心的荒谬、愚蠢言论的疾控中心主任。”
不过情况随后出现转变，施瓦茨通过了委员会的考验。卡西迪在被特朗普支持的对手在初选中淘汰后，已开始试水挑战本届政府。他表示，疾控机构“需要这样一位领导者：明白预防疫苗可预防疾病的方式，是向公众保证疫苗安全且有效”。
特朗普提名的卫生局局长人选引发反弹，分裂“美国优先”运动
大规模暴发的环孢子虫病例意味着，人们可能会将这种食源性寄生虫感染误判为普通的夏季肠胃感冒。（iStock）
“我相信她清楚自己该做什么，并且会对抗那些不这么做的人，”他说道。
施瓦茨曾在特朗普第一任期内担任副卫生局局长，并非本届国会期间首位获得确认的疾控中心主任。
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首位是苏珊·莫纳雷斯，她在任仅一个月。
莫纳雷斯在确认听证过程中获得了特朗普的高度赞扬，但很快就因似乎与肯尼迪在疫苗问题上存在分歧而被解职。
亚历克斯·米勒是福克斯新闻数字频道负责报道美国参议院的撰稿人。
Senate confirms new CDC director as diarrhea-causing parasite outbreak sweeps US
August 5, 2026 3:13pm EDT / Fox News
The party-line Senate vote to confirm Dr. Erica Schwartz comes as a Cyclospora outbreak from contaminated lettuce spreads across the country
By Alex Miller, Fox News
The Senate confirmed the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as viral outbreaks wreak havoc across the country, and as lawmakers worry whether they’ve found someone to stand up to President Donald Trump’s top health official.
The upper chamber confirmed Dr. Erica Schwartz to be the next CDC director on Wednesday along party lines. Her confirmation comes as a Cyclospora outbreak, commonly known as the diarrhea parasite, carves its way across the U.S. from contaminated lettuce.
Schwartz is the latest person to lead the agency during Trump’s second term in a position that has seen nearly a half dozen different names and faces helming the nation’s disease-fighting outfit.
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The Senate confirmed Dr. Erica Schwartz to be the next director of the Centers for Disease Control.(Finn Gomez/Getty Images)
She almost didn’t make the cut for a full confirmation vote.
Lawmakers on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee grilled Schwartz on whether she would actually stand up to the Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his position on vaccines.
Notably, HELP Committee Chair Bill Cassidy, R-La., who proved the decisive vote to confirm Kennedy last year, didn’t buy whether she would just take orders or make scientific and medically-based decisions.
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When pressed during her initial committee hearing whether she would buck orders that were politically motivated, Schwartz told Cassidy, “The Secretary will absolutely allow me to be CDC director.”
“I feel like I’m having to go after this question a little bit more firmly than I feel like I should,” Cassidy said. “You can be CDC director and just take orders. We need a CDC director that will actually stand up to crazy, stupid things being said that undermine faith in immunization.”
That changed, though, and Schwartz cleared her committee test. Cassidy, who has used his newfound freedom to test the waters against the administration after being ousted by a Trump-backed opponent in his primary, said that the agency “needs someone who understands that the way to prevent vaccine-preventable diseases is to reassure the public that vaccines are safe and effective.”
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A massive surge in Cyclospora cases means people may be mistaking this parasitic foodborne infection for a standard summer stomach bug.(iStock)
“I’m confident that she knows what she is doing and will stand against those who do not,” he said.
Schwartz, who served as deputy surgeon general during Trump’s first term, is not the first CDC director to be confirmed during this Congress.
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The first was Susan Monarez, who lasted only a month in the role.
Monarez received glowing praise from Trump during her confirmation process, but was swiftly booted from the position over what appeared to be a disagreement with Kennedy over vaccines.
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
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