Susan Monarez, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is being ousted from her role less than a month after the Senate confirmed her to lead the public health agency, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to CBS News.

It's not clear why Monarez was removed from the job — but several other top CDC officials resigned Wednesday, often citing disagreements with the Trump administration's approach to vaccines.

Monarez was confirmed by the Senate in a party-line vote in late July, after previously serving as the agency's acting head starting in January. The Department of Health and Human Services announced in an X post Wednesday that Monarez no longer leads the CDC, but reports on her ouster were immediately followed by a dispute between th

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