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Specter of Job Cuts Looms Over CDC’s Infection-Tracking Efforts
The epidemiology community is hoping a federal program to thwart infections among patients and health-care staff will emerge ...
‘This affects everyone’: CDC workers urge action after job cuts
After being sidelined by federal cuts, two CDC workers are organizing others to push back and demand accountability.
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CDC job cuts threaten progress in reducing infant HIV transmissions
The sharp job cuts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention include a successful program reducing HIV transmission to babies. Over the past 30 years, the number of infant HIV cases has fallen ...
‘A huge impact on worker safety’: Protection for miners, firefighters in jeopardy after CDC cuts
Anyone in the US who’s depended on a respirator to provide protection against dust, smoke, mold or airborne viruses has ...
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Critics say CDC ‘secrecy’ will slow vital info; agency pledges transparency
Getting accurate information to doctors and the public so they can make healthy decisions is critical. CDC workers and public health experts say that mission is now in danger.
As DOGE cuts federal funds, Tennessee departments balk at releasing details of lost money
On March 23, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services slashed $11 billion worth of grant funding across the country.