The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention left after less than one month on the job, and four top officials with the agencies resigned.
Aug. 27 The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention left after less than one month on the job, and four top officials with the agencies resigned.
Susan Monarez, 50, the first non-physician to lead the agency in more than 50 years, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 29 in a 51-47 vote and sworn in on July 31. She served as acting director when Donald Trump became president again on Jan. 20 and was nominated for the top job on March 24. Dave Weldon’s nomination was withdrawn because of the former U.S. House member’s questioning of vaccine safety.
For two years, she was deputy director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, where she applied artificial intelligence and machine learning to health matters.
«Susan Monarez is no longer director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention», a post on the Department of Health and Human Services’ X account said. «We thank her for her dedicated service to the American people.»
The post also said Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy has «full confidence in his team at @CDCgov who will continue to be vigilant in protecting Americans against infectious diseases at home and abroad.»
NBC reported four other top CDC officials submitted their resignations: Dr. Debra Houry, the CDC’s chief medical officer; Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases; Dr.
