Why the CDC is woefully unprepared to deal with politics in the Trump era

It’s no secret that the Trump administration has all but sidelined the CDC during the coronavirus pandemic. In a new special report for STAT, I explore the issues that have made the CDC strikingly inept at pushing back against President Trump's political attacks, from “a culture there that is conducive to being manipulated” to a shockingly inconvenient address in Atlanta. The story has everything you never thought you needed to know about the CDC’s tumultuous relationship with Washington: From former CDC director Tom Frieden’s weekly flights to DC to the head scratching reason the nation’s premier public health agency is based more than 600 miles from every other federal health care agency. Check out the story here.