内容摘要：Ever since, 8-year-old Star has had pneumonia, digestion issues and rapid weight loss. Star’s owner, Albert Whitehead, has taken him to a veterinarian every other day to receive care and in hopes of finding a cause for the issues.

Ever since, 8-year-old Star has had pneumonia, digestion issues and rapid weight loss. Star’s owner, Albert Whitehead, has taken him to a veterinarian every other day to receive care and in hopes of finding a cause for the issues.

. He also has said that the cuts are designed to get rid of waste at a department that has seen its budget grow in recent years.“Unfortunately, this extra spending and staff has not improved our nation’s health as a country,”

in The New York Post. “Instead, it has only created more waste, administrative bloat and duplication.”Yet some health experts say the eliminated programs are not duplicative, and erasing them will leave Americans in the dark.“If the U.S. is interested in making itself healthier again, how is it going to know, if it cancels the programs that helps us understand these diseases?” said Graham Mooney, a Johns Hopkins University public health historian.

The core of the nation’s health surveillance is done by the CDC’s. Relying on birth and death certificates, it generates information on birth rates, death trends and life expectancy. It also operates longstanding health surveys that provide basic data on obesity, asthma and other health issues.

The center has been barely touched in layoffs, and seems intact under current budget plans.

But many other efforts were targeted by the cuts, the AP found. Some examples:And when there’s already a proven vaccine for the same disease, it’s unethical to test a new version against a placebo, he said.

“We can’t always expect placebo-controlled trials,” Scott said. “It’s imperative that be communicated clearly to the public, but it’s challenging especially when there’s so much noise in social media and so much misinformation.”Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Marty Makary speaks during a news conference on the FDA’s intent to phase out the use of petroleum-based synthetic dyes in the nation’s food supply at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Marty Makary speaks during a news conference on the FDA’s intent to phase out the use of petroleum-based synthetic dyes in the nation’s food supply at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)The administration’s promise of a new vaccine framework comes ahead of a Thursday meeting where FDA advisers will discuss updating COVID-19 shots for this fall and winter.