In r/publichealth and r/medicine, builders of public health narratives focus on how CDC downsizing is disrupting diagnostic testing capacity for multiple infectious diseases, raising concerns about surveillance and response readiness.
CDC pauses lab testing of rabies, monkeypox and other diseases.
The pausing of lab testing comes in the wake of the dramatic downsizing of the CDC in the last year through layoffs, retirements, resignations and the nonrenewal of temporary appointments.
Because of downsizing, the CDC's labs temporarily paused testing for rabies, oropouche, chickenpox, mpox testing, and other pathogens
The Center of Disease Control is neutered.
CDC pauses rabies, pox virus testing amid staffing crisis
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