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CDC Shuts Down Key Labs for Hepatitis and STI Testing After Layoffs
MONDAY, April 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Key labs at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have shut ...
RFK Jr.’s cuts to CDC eliminate labs tracking STIs, hepatitis outbreaks
The only lab in the US capable of testing for and tracking antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea, or “super gonorrhea,” was ...
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In the middle of a hepatitis outbreak, U.S. shutters the one CDC lab that could help
All 27 scientists at the CDC's viral hepatitis lab were told their duties were "unnecessary." Ongoing outbreak investigations ...
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In the middle of a hepatitis outbreak, U.S. shutters the one CDC lab that could help
Without the CDC's scientists available to test the genetic material in patient samples, it will be harder for epidemiologists to confirm whether people with hepatitis C were infected in the same ...