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CDC disease detectives ‘remain in their positions,’ agency says
Despite recent reports, officers in the CDC’s famed Epidemic Intelligence Service — often referred to as “disease detectives” ...
The Axe Hanging Over America’s Disease Detectives
The country’s first line of defense against public-health threats has been spared by DOGE—for now.
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Bird Flu Looms as Trump’s Mass Firings Unleash Chaos at Public Health Agencies
Trump and RFK Jr. have moved to fire thousands of highly trained employees at the CDC and other agencies since Friday.
Experts concerned with layoffs at CDC lab program created to address previous failures
The nation’s top public health agency is losing most of the scientists in a prestigious, but lesser-known, laboratory program ...
CDC layoffs strike deeply at its ability to respond to the current flu, norovirus and measles outbreaks and other public health emergencies
The CDC was instrumental in eradicating smallpox, identifying the causes of HIV and encouraging Americans to get the COVID-19 ...
CDC layoffs strike deeply at its ability to respond to the current public health emergencies
In just a few short weeks, the Trump administration has brought drastic changes to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and public health. Beginning with the removal of websites and key ...
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Rewriting History, Trump Blames Ukraine for War and Calls Zelensky ‘Dictator’ President Trump made an array of false claims as he tried to cast President Volodymyr Zelensky as a villain who ...