Tag Archive for "CDC" - Union of Concerned Scientists

A person holds a sign reading STOP FIRING FEDERAL WORKERS outside the Atlanta, GA, headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control

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April 4, 2025

Ode to the Federal Scientist

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

A sign on a barn housing turkeys reads BIOSECURITY AREA--a farmer trying to protect his turkeys from bird flu is inside with the animals.

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July 24, 2024

Roundup: Supreme Courts Shifts More Power from Agency Experts to Judges

Liz Borkowski
Science Network Contributor

Against the backdrop of a blue sky, people head down the stairs outside of the U.S. Supreme Court on February 21, 2024 in Washington, DC.

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April 17, 2024

Roundup: EPA Releases Several Rules and a Draft Scientific Integrity Policy

Liz Borkowski
Science Network Contributor

President Joe Biden, joined by Vice President Kamala Harris and former Director of the Centers for Disease Control Dr. Rochelle Walensky, talks with CDC staff during a briefing in 2021, at the CDC headquarters in Atlanta. Everyone is wearing face masks.

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October 24, 2023

Roundup: Movement on Agency Scientific Integrity Policies

Liz Borkowski
Science Network Contributor

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October 10, 2023

New Report Underscores the Need to Prevent Political Interference at US Public Health Agencies

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

photo of several farmworkers all wearing raincoats, on their knees picking strawberries; a tractor sits idle in the background

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June 20, 2023

The United States Needs to Protect Its Farmworkers from “Danger Season”

Alice Reznickova
Former Contributor

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August 3, 2022

Monkeypox Response Must be Science-Based and Combat Stigma, Racism, and Misinformation

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

a discarded surgical mask lies on asphalt

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April 13, 2022

Roundup: Problematic COVID-19 Metrics and a Toxic Science Workplace

Liz Borkowski
Science Network Contributor

A worker sets up a plexiglass divider in an elementary school office in a Des Moines school as they prepared for a limited return to school in 2020.

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January 19, 2022

Roundup: Worker Protections Weakened as Omicron Cases Soar

Liz Borkowski
Science Network Contributor

Health care worker readying a vaccination

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October 12, 2021

Biden Administration’s Policies on COVID-19 Booster Shots Plagued by Chaos

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

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April 6, 2021

Questions about COVID-19 Vaccines? You’ve Come to the Right Place

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

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November 16, 2020

Science Is Taking Center Stage in President-Elect Biden’s Plan to Combat COVID-19

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

Source: The New York Times

October 14, 2020

Trusted Sources of Information about COVID-19: What We’re Watching and Following

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

Children's Environmental Health Network

October 8, 2020

On Children’s Environmental Health Day: A Checklist for Defending Science and Protecting Kids

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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September 15, 2020

Political Officials Undermine CDC Scientists’ COVID-19 Studies

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

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September 3, 2020

The Deadly Consequences of Sidelining Science and Government During a Pandemic

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

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August 3, 2020

150 Attacks on Science and Counting: Trump Administration’s Anti-Science Actions Hurt People and Communities Nationwide

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

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July 16, 2020

White House Hides COVID-19 Data, Will Make the Pandemic Even Worse

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

July 14, 2020

Don’t Be Deceived: How to Spot and Stop COVID-19 Disinformation

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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July 10, 2020

As Schools Plead for COVID-19 Safety Information, White House Politicizes CDC Guidance

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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May 19, 2020

New Analysis: Unlike Bush and Obama, the Trump Administration Is Muzzling CDC Scientists During Pandemic

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

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May 6, 2020

Responding to COVID-19 Doesn’t Have to Mean Sacrificing Frontline Communities

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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April 29, 2020

The Crisis Within the Crisis: COVID-19 Is Ravaging African Americans

Adrienne Hollis
Former Contributor

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April 13, 2020

The Price We Will Pay for Suppressing CDC Scientists During Pandemic

Anita Desikan
Former Staff