STAT20d
CDC cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health
Editors’ note: As of Monday, Feb. 17, members of the Epidemic Intelligence Service program who had been warned they were to be fired had not received termination letters. The Trump ...
Becker's Hospital Review22h
CDC sends 'disease detectives' as measles cases rise: 5 notes
The CDC has deployed a team of epidemiologists to West Texas as the state battles a growing measles outbreak, according to an agency post on X. Since late January, 159 cases have been reported in the ...
CBS News14d
CDC's "disease detectives" apparently spared in DOGE cuts at health agencies
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Epidemic Intelligence Service officers — a group known as the CDC's "disease detectives" — were apparently spared by the cuts made over the ...
STAT16d
The ‘disease detectives’ dodged a bullet — but another might be coming
Nash is a distinguished professor of epidemiology at the City University of New York’s Graduate School of Public Health. Over the weekend, the Trump administration appeared to reverse plans for ...
The Atlantic14d
Spared by DOGE—For Now
The Trump administration initially seemed likely to target the CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service, a cohort of doctors, scientists, nurses, and even veterinarians who investigate and respond to ...