Susan Monarez, the nominee of President Donald Trump who will be the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions in the building of the Dirksen Senate Office on June 25, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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The director of Disease Control and Prevention, Susan Monarch, left the role only weeks after having sworn, the Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday.
In a publication about X, the department said that Monaz is a longer director and thanked him “his service dedicated to the American people.”
Monarch, a federal government scientist for a long time, was sworn in July 31. She is the first director of the CDC to be confirmed by the Senate after a new law approved during the pandemic that required legislators to approve the nominees for paper.
Washington Post reported for the first time he expelled on Wednesday.
His departure comes at a tumultuous moment for the agency, who is recovering from the attack of an armed man at his Atlanta headquarters on August 8. A police officer died in the shooting.
Monarch canceled a meeting with CDC workers on Friday that had been scheduled for Monday, according to an email obtained by NBC News. She said she wanted to assure the staff that the agency is working to restore her “confidence in the safety of all the workplaces of the CDC.”
President Donald Trump nominated Monaz after withdrawing his first election to lead the CDC, former Republican congressman Dave Weldon, hours before his confirmation hearing. Weldon has been criticized for his views on vaccines.
