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The Trump administration fired everyone in a CDC lab that is crucial to tracking drug-resistant gonorrhea and other sexually transmitted diseases. "We are blind," an expert says.
A critical laboratory for surveilling sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the U.S. has been lost in the Trump administration's mass layoffs. All 28 full-time employees, along with 10 fellows ...
Last week, the Tr*mp administration shut down one of the country’s top research facilities for sexual health. Officials closed the Center for Disease Control’s STD lab and fired all 28 full ...
A recent press release by Quest Diagnostics announced the launch of three new sexually transmitted disease laboratory test packages that patients can purchase online for some of the most prevalent ...
Wisconsin has reported a 1,450 percent increase in congenital syphilis cases since 2019. The state announced the figures just over two weeks since the country's leading STD lab was shuttered as ...
All 28 full-time employees, along with 10 fellows, were cut from the CDC's STD Laboratory Reference and Research Branch, which is housed in the agency's Division of STD Prevention. One of its most ...