Ben Meiselas
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MAGA Tantrum in Senate SPARKS TROUBLE for NEW Trump Appointee
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August 10, 2026
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15:53Now PlayingDr. Anthony Fauci spent decades protecting America from infectious disease. Now, a Senate committee has voted to hold him in contempt of Congress, just as Dr. Erica Schwartz becomes the first Black woman confirmed to lead the CDC. Today on ELLABlack and Brown Women Disruptors in Healthcare and Beyond, Dr. Haydée Brown and Dr. Sonya Sloan break down what the Fauci battle means for scientists and public health leadership, and the enormous challenges waiting for the new CDC director, including rising measles cases, Ebola, and other infectious disease threats. If political pressure can be turned against Dr. Fauci, what happens when America’s first Black woman CDC director has to deliver scientific facts that political leaders don’t want to hear? Science should be questioned. Leaders should be held accountable. But public health cannot become a political loyalty test. Haydée Brown, MD writes every Thursday on the systems underneath the news at
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