A committee of experts that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is critical in setting national vaccine policy. It's also vulnerable to political interference.
As many as 1,300 probationary employees at CDC and 1,500 at NIH are losing their jobs. Many fear for the future of public health and scientific research.
Nearly 1,300 employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are being forced out under the Trump administration's move to get rid of all probationary employees. That's roughly one-tenth of the agency's workforce. The agency's leadership was notified of the decision Friday morning.
CDC employees can no longer publish documents without review by the executive branch, and must withdraw their names from external papers pending publication.
The pages that are set to be revived include information for patients about HIV testing and HIV prevention medication, guidance on contraceptives and data on adolescent and youth mental health.
On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff held a virtual press conference with Georgia public health experts to express the importance of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) following President Trump's executive order directing agencies to remove their websites and data with the CDC.
While some information has been restored, scientists are still alarmed over the removal of data. It's not clear what has changed, and some pages remain offline.
Georgia hospitalizations for the three most common U.S. respiratory diseases have continued to decline, but updates from COVID-19 and influenza data sources suggest that might change in the coming weeks.
Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.