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Pauses in data collection and staff cuts have affected many CDC databases. James Gathany, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via Wikimedia Commons

From maternal health to influenza rates, gaps in CDC’s public health data are creating dangerous blind spots for disease tracking and prevention

John Kubale, University of Michigan

By interfering with how communities collect data and how researchers access it, the CDC risks undermining the hard-won trust needed for effective public health.
Tuberculosis was the leading cause of death in New York City and the U.S. overall in the late 19th century. Lewis Wickes Hine/Picryl

From TB to HIV/AIDS to cancer, disease tracking has always had a political dimension, but it’s the foundation of public health

Amy Lauren Fairchild, Syracuse University and Ronald Bayer, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Without public health surveillance, officials trying to tackle outbreaks, identify threats and evaluate treatments are working ‘in the darkness of ignorance.’

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  1. Death data
  2. Health research
  3. History of medicine
  4. HIV
  5. Influenza
  6. Maternal and child health
  7. Medical ethics
  8. Nutrition policy
  9. Public health

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