Former CDC director: Two programs reportedly on the chopping block must be saved The Public Health Associate Program and Laboratory Leadership Service are vital

https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/18/trump-cdc-cuts-public-health-associate-program-lab-leadership-service-h5n1/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_vCjXdLulGiRWKhSHfbx-czhQo4DcZpBigiB8rrz0VWTE3S8ZhRzs-8GQikeFTjjGC3-rFBRVUiZT9NEAYaSRS_QB8EA&_hsmi=347947065&utm_content=347947065&utm_source=hs_email Two more public health experts speak out STAT published two First Opinion essays yesterday arguing about the importance of government programs at risk under Trump’s continued cuts: Former CDC director Tom Frieden wrote about two programs that may be on the chopping block: the Public Health Associate Program and Laboratory Leadership Service. “Their elimination is shortsighted and risks public safety at a time when the nation’s ability to detect and contain health threats, including H5N1 avian influenza, is already strained,” Frieden writes. Read more.