US SENATE CONFIRMS TRUMP NOMINEE SUSAN MONAREZ AS CDC DIRECTOR

The U.S. Senate voted on Tuesday night 51-47 along party lines to confirm President Donald Trump's nominee, Susan Monarez, as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, charged with leading the response to threats against public health.

Monarez, a career public health official who served as acting director of the CDC until her nomination, will report to Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has long questioned the safety of vaccines, contrary to scientific evidence, including suggesting a link between them and autism.

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