🦠Trump Slashes CDC: Bird Flu Spreads as Pandemic Office Gutted
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The Trump administration cut CDC funding by 53% and left only one staffer in the pandemic preparedness office while H5N1 bird flu continues spreading, raising questions about America's readiness for the next health emergency.
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By what percentage did Trump's budget proposal cut CDC funding?
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How many CDC staff positions were cut under Trump's budget proposal?
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What is the estimated annual cost to fully staff the Office for Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy?
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What new agency did Trump's budget propose to house some CDC functions?
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How much did Trump's budget reduce the CDC infectious disease prevention program?
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What document did the pandemic preparedness office create for responding to biological incidents?
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What did Trump's budget proposal say CDC had grown beyond?
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What administration program does Trump's executive order on gain-of-function research target?
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What happened to CDC, FDA, and NIH public communications under Trump?
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What strain of influenza is currently spreading through U.S. chicken farms and affecting egg prices?
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What federal program did OPPR help coordinate to maintain therapeutics for pandemic response?
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The Office for Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy was fully staffed during Trump's first months in office.
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The Trump administration's main bird flu response goal is to prepare for a worst-case pandemic scenario.
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NIH contract terminations under Trump included pandemic preparedness research.
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