Many US #health agencies are operating with interim heads.

Among the vacant positions are the director of the #InfectiousDisease agency; #SurgeonGeneral; head of the Food & Drug Administration [#FDA]; deputy health secretary; & head of the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention [#CDC] — a leadership vacuum that observers say is unprecedented.

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The restrictions hobble quick cooperation with global counterparts, multiple current & former #health officials said. One staffer characterized it as unheard of during a #US response to multiple emerging #PublicHealth emergencies.

The directive is part of a broader #Trump admin retreat from participation in global health forums — the US withdrew from #WHO in January at Trump’s direction, a move that was widely criticized by public health officials….

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The prohibition has been in place during an #outbreak of #hantavirus that some Americans have been exposed to. The communication limits were relaxed slightly in the past week as another #virus #outbreak — an unfolding #Ebola #epidemic centered in the #DRC — intensified.

Now, some #NIAID ofcls can attend virtual #WHO meetings, but only in small groups & only in a “listening capacity,” acc/to a May 18 email from a senior NIAID ofcl to staff obtained by CNN. Any follow-up to be handled by #HHS….

The #Trump admin issued the directive stopping individuals at the National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases [#NIAID] from communicating with the #WHO.

The federal #health subagency was led for decades by Dr. #AnthonyFauci & oversaw developing treatments for #PublicHealth emergencies including #HIV / #AIDs & #COVID19.

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#Trump admin shutting key #US researchers out of #global #virus response talks, documents & sources reveal

Key officials responsible for leading US #research on #InfectiousDisease threats have been #barred from speaking directly with the #WorldHealthOrganization [#WHO] — effectively shutting some of them out of the global discussions on virus #outbreaks, according to documents & multiple sources.

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