Dr. Dave Weldon, a former Florida congressman and physician, is set to appear at a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday for his nomination to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Dave Weldon was scheduled to have a confirmation hearing on Thursday, but the White House scrapped the nomination of the former Florida congressman.

NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. David Weldon had been out of the national spotlight for more than 15 years when he was nominated to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But many anti-vaccine ...

Washington — The White House is withdrawing former Florida Rep. Dave Weldon's nomination to be the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a White House official confirmed ...

Former Congressman Dr. Dave Weldon speaks in The Villages, Fla., on May 31, 2012. Reporter President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC ...

The White House has withdrawn the nomination of former Florida state representative Dave Weldon, whom President Donald Trump had chosen to serve as director of the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Does Weldon want to build up CDC or tear it down? At Thursday's hearing, Democrats are likely to press Weldon on his vaccine views and his plans for the agency under a health secretary who has ...

Weldon, who was nominated by President Donald Trump, needs to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate before he can lead the nation’s top public health agency. His confirmation hearing is to be held ...

Weldon served in the Army and Congress The CDC was created nearly 80 years ago to prevent the spread of malaria in the U.S. Its mission was later expanded, and it gradually became a global leader ...