Monarez is the first CDC director nominee to require a Senate confirmation after Congress passed a law requiring it in 2022. MORE: Experts

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.

This summer's May and June spikes in tick bites are the largest for at least five years in the Northeast, according to data from the CDC

According to the CDC, emergency room visits for tick bites in the Northeast are at their highest levels in at least five years.

The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) reports summer 2025 is record-breaking for tick-related ER visits, with July at the highest numbers since 2017. There are already 132 tick-related cases for every 100,