ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Susan Monarez, the director of the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is out after less than a month on the job, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.

Monarez had been confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 29 and sworn in on July 31.

She was the first CDC director who required Senate confirmation and the first without a medical degree since the 1950s.

FILE - Susan Monarez, President Donald Trump's nominee to be director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, arrives to testify before the Senate HELP Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (J. Scott Applewhite | AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

“We thank her for her dedicated service to the American people,” th

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