<h2 class="topline-heading">Topline</h2><p>Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez is out as the health agency’s leader, the Health and Human Services Department <a href="https://x.com/HHSGov/status/1960818490614415869" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="color-link" title="https://x.com/HHSGov/status/1960818490614415869" data-ga-track="ExternalLink:https://x.com/HHSGov/status/1960818490614415869" aria-label="said">said</a> Wednesday, just weeks after she was sworn in.</p><figure class="embed-base image-embed embed-0" role="presentation"><div class="image-embed__placeholder"><img src="https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/imageserve/68af80818b07eb7ed2f979f5/Dr--Susan-Monarez-Testifies-In-Nomination-Hearing-To-Be-CDC-Director/960x0.jpg?cropX1=0&amp;cropX2=2404&amp;cropY1=0&amp;cropY2=1604" alt="Dr. Susan Monarez Testifies In Nomination Hearing To Be CDC Director" width="100%" height="auto"></div><div style="--article-bg-color:#faf3f1"><div class="bMqrj"><div class="Jp--BF7-"><span style="-webkit-line-clamp:2" class="Ccg9Ib-7 _8XF2kHYM">The HHS announced Monarez's removal Wednesday evening. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)</span></div><small class="pGGCM2aD">Getty Images</small></div></div></figure>

<div class="key-facts-element"><p>The HHS said Monarez is “no longer” the CDC’s director, thanking her for her “dedicated service to the American people.”</p></div>

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 Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic, said last month he had full confidence Monarez could “restore the CDC's role as the most trusted authority in public health.”{ai:summary}<p>CDC Director Susan Monarez is out as the agency’s leader, the HHS said, weeks after she was sworn in.</p><p>The HHS said she is “no longer” the director and thanked her for her “dedicated service to the American people.” This is a developing story. #politics</p>

CDC Director Susan Monarez Removed Just Weeks After Appointment

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