On February 13, the Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services in a narrow 52-48 vote.

Such cuts would make the country "less safe," said Dr. Anne Schuchat, a former top-ranking CDC official and alumna of the program, in a message about the prospect of cutting the program.

"The country is less safe. These are the deployable assets critical for investigating new threats, from anthrax to Zika," Dr. Anne Schuchat, an EIS alum and former principal deputy director of the ...

“The country is less safe,” Dr. Anne Schuchat, an alumna of the disease research program, told CBS. “These are the deployable assets critical for investigating new threats, from anthrax to Zika.

“The country is less safe,” Dr. Anne Schuchat, a former senior CDC official, told CBS News. “These are the deployable assets critical for investigating new threats, from anthrax to Zika.” ...