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A new rival to CDC’s MMWR is entering the scene
The CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report is often referred to as “the voice of the CDC,” a bedrock of public health where details of new outbreaks and emerging diseases are first reported. But as the Trump administration continues to reshape the agency’s work, two institutions are planning to create an alternative to the publication. (Former MMWR editor-in-chief Charlotte Kent, who left the agency in February, previously told STAT that administration officials were pressuring the journal to change the way it reports information.)