CDC Is Still Putting Out Garbage 'Research'

CDC Is Still Putting Out Garbage 'Research'

It's no surprise that the national news media is having a collective meltdown over significant job cuts at the CDC and other top domestic public health institutions. The CDC, as has been obvious to most objective outside observers over the past decade, has, like so many other institutions, revamped itself as an organization dedicated to promoting a specific agenda.This manifested itself before, during, and after the pandemic with how the CDC ope…

Critics warn that CDC budget cuts could harm public health efforts

The significant federal health workers layoffs that began Tuesday will result in a substantial reduction in the scope and impact of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the world’s premier public health agency. The Department of Health and Human Services reorganization will trim the CDC workforce by 2,400 employees, representing about 18% of the [...] Source The post Critics warn that CDC budget cuts could harm public health efforts a…

Mass layoffs at CDC hit public health, economy in Atlanta

People rally against cuts to the staff of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outside the agency’s Atlanta headquarters on Friday. (Rebecca Grapevine / Healthbeat)Thousands were laid off Tuesday from the Atlanta-based CDC, dealing a blow to the city’s public health workforce, local, national and global research on illness prevention, and likely the city’s economy.The CDC’s parent agency, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service…

Georgia's public health department is impacted by cuts to CDC, Health and Human Services

Federal funding cuts could affect how Georgia’s Department of Public Health handles contact tracing for COVID-19 and other measures. According to spokesperson for the agency, Nancy Nydam, 180 people were laid off from the state agency last week after the federal government terminated several public health grants to states. The grants, distributed through the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, had been initiated in 2020 to …

AVAC Condemns HHS Mass Layoffs

AVAC condemns the US administration’s ongoing reduction in force (RIF) of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which oversees 13 agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In a strategically blind and callous move, the administration has begun to dismiss 20,000 public servants and leaders across every domain of glob…