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Trump/DOGE end newborn screening committee at CDC [View all]
Source: NBC news website
Newborn screening committee at CDC suspended amidst ongoing cuts.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/hhs-eliminates-committee-newborn-health-screening-rcna201370
I am a pediatrician, one of the most important rolls pediatricians have done in the last several decades has been the development of screening tolls for genetic defects to screened at birth. The diseases screened have increased in number over the years as interventions in many diseases have progressed. DOGE has suspended this important committee, just days before it was to update the list. This is a major crime against the vulnerable.
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