Politically appointed members of the Department of Health and Human Services' communications teams were allowed to review, change and delay reports authored by the CDC, according to a report published by Politico.
said that the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports, a public report compiled by scientists that's served as the key communication avenue between the CDC and health care providers, researchers, journalists and the public since the 1980s, has been tinkered with when CDC findings didn't align with President Donald Trump's public statements about"[The assistant secretary for public affairs] clears virtually all public-facing documents for all of its divisions, including...
Former Trump campaign official Michael Caputo arrives at the Hart Senate Office building to be interviewed by Senate Intelligence Committee staffers, on May 1, 2018, in Washington.
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