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Public health
fromFuturism
5 days ago

The CDC Fired All Its Cruise Ship Inspectors Before the Hantavirus Outbreak

The CDC's Vessel Sanitation Program was decimated by budget cuts, eliminating most staff responsible for cruise ship disease prevention, coinciding with a deadly hantavirus outbreak on a Dutch cruise ship.
Public health
fromScary Mommy
8 months ago

The Trump Administration Has Cut The CDC's Drowning Prevention Program

CDC drowning prevention program staff were fired and the program faces elimination despite cost-effectiveness and high drowning costs and disparities.
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