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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Shrai Popat, Melody Schreiber and Michelle R Smith

Trump’s Maha agenda stalled as top CDC and surgeon general roles sit empty

the CDC logo outside the CDC headquarters
Signage for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is seen outside of its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. Photograph: Nathan Posner/Shutterstock

The Trump administration’s “Make America healthy again” (Maha) agenda appears to be stalled as two of the government’s most influential public health positions sit empty.

Donald Trump has yet to nominate a permanent director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), leaving an agency that has been plagued by turmoil for the past year without a leader. At the same time, the president’s controversial pick for surgeon general, Casey Means, remains in limbo as her nomination stalls in the Senate.

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