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Questions and expectations rise as Monarez steps into director’s role at CDC
Dr. Susan Monarez is slated to be sworn in as director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday, a ...
US Senate Confirms Trump Nominee Susan Monarez as CDC Director
Susan Monarez, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to be director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ...
Susan Monarez Faces Daunting Challenges as C.D.C. Director
The agency’s new leader must contend with reduced budgets, mass layoffs, political tumult and a boss determined to reshape ...
New CDC director grew up on Wisconsin dairy farm, has two degrees from UW-Madison
The new head of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has deep Wisconsin ties.
Trump's CDC pick confirmed—but her pro-vaccine stance may clash with RFK Jr.'s agenda
Susan Monarez, a Washington public health official, became President Donald Trump's CDC director, but her vision may be at ...