CDC director Susan Monarez ousted after less than one month in the job

<p>Shortly after nation’s top public health agency announced Monarez’s departure, three senior CDC officials resigned</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/aug/27/cdc-resignation-susan-monarez-trump-administration-us-politics-updates-rfk-jr">Top CDC officials resign as director pushed – US politics live</a></p></li></ul><p>US officials announced the departure of the director of the nation’s top public health agency, after less than one month in the job, in a move that prompted a wave of other high-profile resignations at the agency on Wednesday.</p><p>“Susan Monarez is no longer director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. We thank her for her dedicated service to the American people,” the US Department of Health and Human Services wrote in a statement posted on social media.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/27/cdc-director-susan-monarez-ousted">Continue reading...</a>