Trump Administration Nears CDC Pick as Agency Faces Ongoing Leadership Changes

The Trump administration is closing in on its pick to lead the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as the nation’s top public health agency grapples with a barrage of attacks and leadership changes in the past year.

Ernie Fletcher, a family physician and former governor of Kentucky, and Joseph Marine, a cardiologist at Johns Hopkins Medicine, are among the candidates on the short list, according to people familiar with the matter. The agency has had three leaders in the last year, a sign of the upheaval in public health agencies during President Donald Trump’s second term.