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Trump administration expected to go outside CDC for acting director

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Susan Coller Monarez , the deputy director of a federal health research agency, is expected to be the acting head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .

Picking Monarez would close an unprecedentedatop the CDC , which is tasked with tracking and responding to a myriad of emerging diseases and health emergencies.