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Trump administration has shut down CDC's infection control committee
The Trump administration has terminated a federal advisory committee that issued guidance about preventing the spread of ...
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Former CDC staff warn of 'a five-alarm fire'
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has laid off thousands of workers since January. Current and former CDC staff ...
CDC disease detectives exempted from Trump hiring freeze
Each year, the CDC usually hires a new class of Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, known as disease detectives.
Democratic senators ask Trump administration to rehire CDC IVF team
A group of more than a dozen Democratic senators is asking the Trump administration to rehire a team of scientists at the ...
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Amid the Milwaukee lead crisis, a laid-off CDC scientist volunteered his expertise. It wasn’t so simple
After his job was cut, a CDC scientist volunteered to help Milwaukee respond to the lead crisis in its public schools. For ...
CDC allegedly cancels Emory's HIV self-testing program after not enough workers left to oversee it
On April 22, the CDC allegedly informed Emory University in Atlanta that its large HIV self-testing program was being ...
Trump nixes CDC infectious disease advisory committee: Report
The Trump administration shuttered the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC), ending three ...
Kennedy to ask CDC for new look at treatments for measles, other diseases
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, is asking the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for an agencywide “scientific process” on treating ...
US Travel Warning for Popular Cruise Ship Destination
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently issued a Level 1 travel notice for Fiji, advising ...
Less than half of Americans trust FDA, CDC to do their job
Less than half of Americans believe federal health agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers ...