Dr. Dimitri Daskalakis
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Programs aimed at preventing cavities, car crashes, drownings and shootings have halted.
Workers who respond to nuclear emergencies or to virus outbreaks that can cause birth defects are gone.
Dr. Dimitri Daskalakis, a former CDC official who resigned in August, says the agency is in critical condition.
CDC employees who remain are appalled by statements on measles, vaccines, and autism, which don't reflect the agency's scientific conclusions but have shown up on the website anyway.
A spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services says the changes are part of sustained reforms focused on returning CDC to its core mission.
Programs aimed at preventing cavities, car crashes, drownings and shootings have halted.
Workers who respond to nuclear emergencies or to virus outbreaks that can cause birth defects are gone.
Dr. Dimitri Daskalakis, a former CDC official who resigned in August, says the agency is in critical condition.
CDC employees who remain are appalled by statements on measles, vaccines, and autism, which don't reflect the agency's scientific conclusions but have shown up on the website anyway.
While former CDC officials say the agency is debilitated, a spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services says the changes are part of sustained reforms focused on returning CDC to its core mission.
Programs aimed at preventing cavities, car crashes, drownings and shootings have halted.
Workers who respond to nuclear emergencies or to virus outbreaks that can cause birth defects are gone.
Dr. Dimitri Daskalakis, a former CDC official who resigned in August, says the agency is in critical condition.
CDC employees who remain are appalled by statements on measles, vaccines, and autism, which don't reflect the agency's scientific conclusions but have shown up on the website anyway.
While former CDC officials say the agency is debilitated, a spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services says the changes are part of sustained reforms focused on returning CDC to its core mission.