Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis advocates for the Trump administration to tap state Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo for Centers ...

The president's pick will be the first CDC director to undergo the Senate confirmation process after a change passed by ...

Since the Trump administration took office in January 2025, the position has been held on an interim basis by Susan Monarez, whom Trump has now nominated to take the job permanently after his first ...

President Trump announced Susan Monarez is to be elevated from her role as acting CDC director, after nominee David Weldon ...

The CDC, along with local private partners, operates the program in at least six major airports across the country.

“Ladapo would be a change agent as CDC Director…” DeSantis posted. The director position has been the subject of speculation ...

Puerto Rico has recorded at least 1,012 cases of dengue so far in 2025, followed by Florida, 50, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, which has 40 recorded cases.

Monarez is the CDC's acting director and a longtime biosecurity expert with ties to former President Biden’s flagship health ...

The departures were announced at a meeting of agency senior leaders. The Atlanta-based CDC has two dozen centers and offices.

“Americans have lost confidence in the CDC due to political bias and disastrous mismanagement.” Earlier this month, the White ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants President Donald Trump to tap Sunshine State Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo as Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director. DeSantis contends that ...