While no one was watching: Tenuous status of CDC prion unit, risk of #CWD to people worry scientists

If the Prion and Public Health Office is shuttered, human CWD cases could go unnoticed.

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"It's a dangerous loss for every American."

Recently, we were lucky to sit down with former CDC Medical Director @drdebhoury.bsky.social. Sharing her message about the thousands of CDC staff who have lost their jobs this year, and how you can help support them.
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"We sign this declaration in our own personal capacities, on our personal time, and without the use of government equipment, as protected by our First Amendment rights..."

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1/7 🧵 This week’s Fed Worker Friday started her training as a lab scientist in high school. She continued this training in college. During college she spent a summer in Kenya through NIH’s Fogarty International Research Training Program. She did water quality testing & learned about public health.