Roughly two-thirds of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s staff are being furloughed. Coordination with state and local health departments on opioid overdose prevention, HIV prevention and diabetes prevention has ceased, according to the agency’s plans. And while staff can continue to gather data about rates of infectious diseases, analysis of that information is on hold.
But much of the Food and Drug Administration’s staff — 86 percent of agency employees — continue to report to work, including those managing recalls.
Kennedy, who has said
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