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Susan Monarez, PhD, was nominated in March and confirmed by the Senate in July.

Her lawyers contradict HHS’s assertion that she is no longer CDC director.

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HHS announced Wednesday afternoon that Susan Monarez, PhD, is no longer the director of the CDC, touching off a series of high-level resignations at the agency — and pushback from her lawyers, who insist she remains director.

HHS made the surprise announcement on X, thanking Monarez “for her dedicated service to the American people” and adding that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has “full confidence in his team at CDC who will continue to be vigilant in protecting Americans against infectious diseases at hom

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