"There was also not enough time for scientists to properly shut down the laboratories before they were locked out from their email systems and the building, two CDC officials said, with equipment still running and hazardous materials left unattended."

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#PublicHealth #HHS #CDC #InfectiousDiseases #STI #chlamydia #gonorrhea #HIV #hepatitis #syphilis #laboratories #testing #surveillance #DOGE #USpol

RFK Jr. cuts CDC labs investigating outbreaks of STDs and hepatitis

CDC officials are warning of delays and disruptions due to cuts to laboratory staff.

^{Alexander Tin (CBS News)}

This breaks my heart.

The Trump/Musk regime want to take us back to the days of HIV/AIDS "killing all the right people" with MAGA Republicans cheering on the virus.

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#HIV #AIDS

Potential foreign aid cuts could lead to millions of HIV infections, deaths: Study

Infections and deaths could surge to early 2000s levels, study authors say.

^{Mary Kekatos (ABC News)}