{"id":16955,"date":"2025-04-03T01:09:52","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T01:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-administration-demands-additional-cuts-at-c-d-c\/"},"modified":"2025-04-03T01:09:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T01:09:52","slug":"trump-administration-demands-additional-cuts-at-c-d-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-administration-demands-additional-cuts-at-c-d-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Administration Demands Additional Cuts at C.D.C."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Alongside extensive reductions to the staff of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Trump administration has asked the agency to cut $2.9 billion of its spending on contracts, according to three federal officials with knowledge of the matter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The administration\u2019s cost-cutting program, called the Department of Government Efficiency, asked the public health agency to sever roughly 35 percent of its spending on contracts about two weeks ago. The C.D.C. was told to comply by April 18, according to the officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The cuts promise to further hamstring an agency <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/02\/health\/cdc-layoffs-kennedy.html\" title=\"\">already reeling<\/a> from the loss of 2,400 employees, nearly one-fifth of its work force. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Tuesday, the administration fired C.D.C. scientists focused on environmental health and asthma, injuries, violence prevention, lead poisoning, smoking and climate change.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Officials at the White House and the Department of Health and Human Services did not immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Abruptly cutting 35 percent of contracts would be tough for any organization or business, said Tom Inglesby, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, who advised the Biden administration during Covid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cSure, any manager can find small savings and improvements, but these kinds of demands are of the size and speed that break down organizations,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is not the way to do good for the public or for the public\u2019s health.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The C.D.C.\u2019s largest contract, about $7 billion per year, goes to the Vaccines for Children Program, which purchases vaccines for parents who may not be able to afford them. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">That program is mandated by law and will not be affected by the cuts, according to one senior official who spoke on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But other C.D.C. contracts include spending on computers and other technology, security guards, cleaning services and facilities management. The agency also hires people to build and maintain data systems and for specific research projects. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Over the past several years, contracts have also supported activities related to Covid-19, one official said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Separately, H.H.S. last week <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/26\/health\/trump-state-health-grants-cuts.html\" title=\"\">abruptly discontinued<\/a> C.D.C. grants of about $11.4 billion to states that were using the funds to track infectious diseases and to support mental health services, addiction treatment and other urgent health issues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">At least some of the contracts D.O.G.E. is now asking the agency to discontinue may no longer be implemented because the people overseeing them have been fired. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">This is not the first time D.O.G.E. asked the agency to cut funding. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It previously asked the C.D.C. to cut grants to Columbia University and University of Pennsylvania, saying those institutions had failed to take action against antisemitism on campus. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cFunding grants and contracts are the mechanism by which we get things done,\u201d said one C.D.C. scientist who asked to remain anonymous because of a fear of retaliation. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThey are cutting off our arms and legs.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     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