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In the last Trump administration, there was an added layer of political meddling, says Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association: "You saw things such as [political advisers] going on their website and changing things without anyone's permission, and trying to mess around with the MMWR," a scientific publication from CDC.
CDC employees also censored themselves, on topics like climate change that they didn't think the Trump administration would support, Benjamin says. "I think the real challenge is whether or not the administration is going to play it straight and allow the agency to do its work without political interference," he says.
House Republicans have been pushing to cut the CDC's budget and eliminate some programs.
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