Forbes October 14, 2025
The CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report is part of a long history of efforts to fight death and disease with data – and it’s at risk.
Over the weekend, 700 CDC staffers faced employment whiplash as they were fired on Friday and reinstated by email the same night. Among them were members of the Epidemic Intelligence Service and the editorial staff of the agency’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. This publication usually flies under the public radar, but it’s a key piece of how the U.S. spots, tracks, and deals with emerging public health risks – from plagues to product safety. And now it’s not being released, for only the second time in its 65-year history.
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