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CDC’s new director attempts to outline vision for modernizing agency data amid GOP opposition

CDC’s new director attempts to outline vision for modernizing agency data amid GOP opposition

by Luis Castaneda | Nov 30, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science

WASHINGTON – Efforts to build trust between House Republicans and the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Mandy Cohen, fell short Thursday morning as GOP members continued to use the agency as a lightning rod for their criticism of the...
President Biden commemorates World AIDS Day, updates national strategy to combat HIV/AIDS

President Biden commemorates World AIDS Day, updates national strategy to combat HIV/AIDS

by Henry Rogers | Dec 1, 2021 | Health & Science

WASHINGTON — In the summer of 1981, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a rare type of pneumonia afflicting five otherwise healthy gay men in Los Angeles. The cases would be identified a year later as the first AIDS diagnoses in the U.S., and the...
West Virginia water crisis result of weak regulation, senators say

West Virginia water crisis result of weak regulation, senators say

by Sophia Bollag | Feb 4, 2014 | Environment

WASHINGTON – Sen. Jay Rockefeller Tuesday blamed inadequate federal regulations for the recent water contamination crisis that left hundreds of thousands of residents in his home state of West Virginia without safe water for at least three weeks. “Regulation is soft...

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