What to know about Trump's picks for CDC, FDA and surgeon general

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : "She is committed to ensuring that Americans have access to affordable, quality health care, and believes in empowering individuals to take charge of their health to live longer, healthier lives," Trump said in his announcement.
58% : Trump made all three announcements on Truth Social and in press releases.
50% : Trump praised Nesheiwat's work "on the front lines in New York City" during the pandemic and her work in the wake of natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina and the Joplin tornadoes.
49% : But according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports abortion rights, it also "emboldens health insurance plans, health care institutions and medical providers to deny abortion services and coverage ... often under the rubric of protecting 'conscience' or 'religious freedom.'
41% : "Trump said that Weldon would "proudly restore the CDC to its true purpose, and will work to end the Chronic Disease Epidemic" and "prioritize Transparency, Competence, and High Standards.
29% : "In the announcement, Trump pledged that Makary would work with Kennedy to "properly evaluate harmful chemicals poisoning our Nation's food supply and drugs and biologics being given to our Nation's youth, so that we can finally address the Childhood Chronic Disease Epidemic.
29% : "As a Congressman from Florida, Weldon "worked with the CDC to enact a ban on patents for human embryos," Trump said in his Truth Social post.
15% : In announcing Weldon, Trump said: "Americans have lost trust in the CDC and in our Federal Health Authorities, who have engaged in censorship, data manipulation, and misinformation.

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