Susan Monarez, director of the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention, is being out of his role in less than a month after the Senate. Confirmed that To lead the public health agency, a source familiar with the case confirmed CBS News.
It is not clear why Monarez was removed from the job. He Confirmed by the Senate In a party-line vote in late July, after serving as the first agency Acting head Start in January.
Department of Health and Human Services later Confirmed on X That Monarez no longer leads the CDC. The post thanked him “for his dedicated service to American people”, and said that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior “CDC has full faith in his team”.
This news was first reported by Washington Post.
CBS News has reached CDC for comments.
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