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 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.

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