CDC director out at agency just weeks after taking post

Channel Action News has established that Centers for Infection Control and Prevention Director Dr Susan Monarez is no longer with the agency In a post on X formerly known as Twitter the Department of Strength and Human Services stated We thank her for her dedicated system to the American people SecKennedy has full confidence in his association at CDCgov who will continue to be vigilant in protecting Americans against infectious diseases at home and abroad The reason as to why Monarez has been removed as director remains unclear Monarez was the agency s st director and the first to pass through Senate confirmation following a law She was named acting director in January and then tapped as the nominee in March after Trump abruptly withdrew his first choice David Weldon Monarez was sworn in as CDC Director on July making her tenure at the CDC about four weeks making her the shortest-serving CDC director in the history of the -year-old agency During that time a man opened fire on the CDC killing a DeKalb County police officer and damaging the exterior of several buildings on the CDC s campus Read the rest of the story here The post CDC director out at agency just weeks after taking post appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta