Aiming to make CDC nimble, agency director has rankled many
By MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer
Published: January 20, 2022, 8:03am
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NEW YORK — From the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the top U.S. public health agency has been criticized as too slow to collect and act on new information.
Now, increasingly, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is also being criticized for moving too fast.
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