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Senate confirms CDC director as top FDA official resigns under political pressure
In a 51–47 vote along party lines, the Senate confirmed Monarez as the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She is the first nominee for CDC director to be required to get Senate confirmation, following a 2022 law requiring it. She is also the first person to serve in the role without a medical degree since 1953.
U.S. Senate Confirms Infection Expert as New CDC Director
After months with an appointed caretaker, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finally has an official director. Dr. Susan Monarez, who became the agency’s acting director in March after anti-vaccine skepticism tanked President Donald Trump’s original nominee for the post,
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The 17 advisers fired last month by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. urged alternatives to ACIP be organized to limit further ...
U.S. health officials have told more than a half-dozen of the nation's top medical organizations that they will no longer ...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told physician groups, public health professionals and infectious disease ...
The Food and Drug Administration continues to monitor several foodborne illness outbreaks with rising patient counts. The ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing a warning to pet owners that certain dog food from last year may be ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration’s polarizing vaccine chief is leaving the agency after a brief tenure that ...
Powerful new medications such as Ozempic and Mounjaro, known as GLP-1 drugs are helping to win the war against obesity in ...
Salmonella can cause diarrhea, fever, vomiting, stomach cramps, and dehydration. Most people recover within a week, but ...
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