By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) -Vaccine critic Dave Weldon, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will face rising measles cases and bird flu threats at an agency already in turmoil from staff cuts and public distrust over the COVID-19 pandemic.

The White House pulled President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as he was on the way to his Senate confirmation hearing. Former Rep. Dave Weldon’s nomination was withdrawn after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.

The White House withdrew President Donald Trump’s nomination of vaccine skeptic and former Florida congressman Steve Weldon for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Thursday—a position that would have put him at the helm of an agency responsible for shaping vaccine policy alongside another anti-vaccine figure,

The White House, in a surprise move, withdrew President Donald Trump's nomination of former Republican congressman and vaccine critic Dave Weldon to serve as director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention just hours before his confirmation hearing on Thursday.