The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) voted to advance Susan Monarez's nomination as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday. The panel voted along party lines 12-11.

A U.S. Senate committee has approved Susan Monarez to be President Donald Trump’s director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The committee vote was a first, as the position of CDC director didn’t need confirmation until the requirement was added in the 2023 omnibus. Monarez was seen as a less controversial pick after the Trump administration pulled the nomination of former Rep.