"La administración #Trump emitió la directiva que prohibía al personal del Instituto Nacional de Alergias y Enfermedades Infecciosas [#NIAID] comunicarse con la #OMS.
Esta subagencia federal de #salud fue dirigida durante décadas por el Dr. #AnthonyFauci y supervisó el desarrollo de tratamientos para emergencias de #SaludPública, incluidas el #VIH / #SIDA y la #COVID19.
#nacionalismo #FugaDeCerebros #medicina #ciencia #investigación #global #virus #EnfermedadesInfecciosas"
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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.
#Trump #nationalism #BrainDrain #medicine #science #research #PublicHealth #NIAID #WHO
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.
#nationalism #BrainDrain #medicine #science #research #global #virus #InfectiousDisease
#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.
#nationalism #BrainDrain #medicine #science #health #PublicHealth #NIAID
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