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CDC firings, including in Kansas City, raise fears about disease outbreak response
Staff and observers worry that the agency may not be prepared for emerging threats including bird flu and insect-borne ...
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The Kansas City TB outbreak shows the value of U.S. government health funding
The tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City area is not, in fact, the largest in U.S. history. But it does offer an ...
US CDC reports five-fold increase in weekly measles cases as Texas outbreak grows
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday reported that measles cases so far this year had jumped to 93 ...
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Atlanta-based CDC to lose nearly 1,300 employees under Trump administration job cuts
Nearly 1,300 probationary employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — roughly one-tenth of the agency’s ...
Senate Democrat rips ‘indefensible, indiscriminate’ firings at CDC
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) blasted the Trump administration over its decision to fire more than 1,000 Centers for Disease ...
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Urgent CDC data and analyses on influenza and bird flu go missing as outbreaks escalate
Flu has been brutal this season. The CDC estimates at least 24 million illnesses, 310,000 hospitalizations, and 13,000 deaths ...
CDC Halts Successful Flu Vaccination Campaign, Sparking Health Concerns
The CDC has terminated a successful flu vaccination campaign educating the public on the efficacy and benefits of flu ...
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Immigrant status, homelessness or prison ties to TB outbreak should be made public | Opinion
Just a couple of years ago, there was a smaller TB outbreak in Kansas. After the outbreak was contained, the CDC reported ...