The Trump administration has disrupted the release of critical bird flu studies amid rising outbreaks in the U.S., including research on veterinarians’ potential exposure and human-to-pet transmission. Dorothy Fink, acting secretary of Health and Human Services, mandated that all scientific documents be reviewed by political appointees before publication, a move unprecedented in the history of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). Former CDC officials have expressed worries over this shift, equating it to censorship and a breach of the long-standing separation between science and politics in public health communications.
The Trump administration's intervention in bird flu studies raises concerns about politicization of science, undermining the integrity of crucial public health research.
Former CDC officials express alarm over unprecedented political interference in the release of vital studies, warning that this could be a form of censorship.
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