With All Good Intentions: How CDC Decisions Harmed Science and People.

Weiser, John · J Infect Dis · 2026

editorial · Level V

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Abstract

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been directed by the Trump administration to purge data about transgender persons. A former CDC physician describes the unintended cost to science and public health of complying with those directives.

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