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CDC's cruise ship inspectors laid off amid bad year for outbreaks

The steep cuts to the cruise ship inspection team baffled officials in the program, which is not paid for by taxpayer dollars.

Oregonian · 1d

Trump administration lays off cruise ship inspectors despite recent disease outbreaks

The federal government’s ability to investigate disease outbreaks on cruise ships was dealt a severe blow recently. CBS News reports that all full-time employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Vessel Sanitation Program have been laid off.

Washington Examiner on MSN · 1d

CDC fires cruise ship sanitation inspectors despite being on corporate payroll

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention fired all sanitation inspectors for cruise ships despite their payroll not coming from taxpayer dollars. The CDC laid off all of the staff in its Vessel Sanitation Program,

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CDC officials plan for the agency's splintering, but questions remain

A top Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official told staff this week to start planning for the agency's splintering ...

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CDC denies Milwaukee’s request for help with unsafe lead levels in public schools

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has denied a request fromMilwaukee’s public health department for ...

CDC denies Milwaukee's request for help with MPS lead poisoning probe. RFK Jr. slashed jobs.

The city's request, sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was denied "due to the complete loss of (CDC's) ...

Strep throat strain that can trigger a flesh-eating disease has more than doubled in the US

Most group A strep infections cause mild illnesses like strep throat — but when that bacteria spreads to the blood and deep ...

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CDC faces backlash for cutting sickle cell, adult disability programs

Nearly half of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's staff working on developmental disabilities and birth defects was laid off this month, multiple officials tell CBS News, wiping out ...

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RFK Jr. praises CDC's handling of measles and Utah's fluoride ban

Kennedy and Zeldin were in Utah to announce that it had became the first state in the country to ban “supplemental Fluoride.” ...

Healthbeat on MSN1d

CDC cuts hit HIV prevention program, jeopardizing decades of progress on reducing infant transmission rates

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 ...