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Assault on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—Budget Cuts, Political Control, and the Erosion of Trust

JAMA Health Forum 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2025.5467

October 09, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This JAMA Forum discusses measures the Trump administration has taken against the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that include budget cuts and program eliminations, workforce reductions and hiring freezes, and suppression of scientific information.

Corresponding Author: Lawrence O. Gostin, JD, Georgetown University Law Center, 600 New Jersey Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001 (gostin@georgetown.edu).

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