The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Susan Monarez to be President Donald Trump’s director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Monarez, 50, was named acting director in January and then ...

Susan Monarez was fired in August 2025 as director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a move that drew attention amid broader debates over the direction of federal health policy ...

More than a year into the second Trump administration, the CDC is still operating without a permanent director — which, former CDC officials said, puts national health and safety at risk.“This is ...