The ‘disease detectives’ dodged a bullet — but another might be coming The threatened cuts to the CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service are a stark warning

https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/18/cdc-cuts-epidemic-intelligence-service-former-eis-officer-explains-impact-devastating-blow/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--1A8vWH_xp70g-eooMuh9ZccMsFAaFYjBvRnIAb6S4QA674xiCWlNotx2ahzD5DzabMgkhVK1tuQnWqUXZRjnrSMfjNQ&_hsmi=347947065&utm_content=347947065&utm_source=hs_email Former CDC epidemic intelligence service officer Denis Nash commented on the apparent reversal of Trump’s plan to cut the EIS program over the weekend. For decades, the program has been a cornerstone of the CDC’s ability to investigate and control disease outbreaks. The future of the program remains unclear, but cutting off the pipeline of these talented scientists “would represent an erosion of CDC’s future scientific workforce and leadership, and a retreat from the public health infrastructure that has helped protect the U.S. for generations,” Nash writes. Read more.