CDC has already taken a major step in this direction: as part of its Moving Forward initiative the agency established an entirely new Center for Laboratory Systems and Response. The new center ...

In the CDC's STD testing lab, one official said that normally around 12,000 samples are processed and analyzed by the agency's scientists every year. The lab was run by around 30 to 35 full-time ...

CDC Shuts Down Key Labs for Hepatitis and STI Testing After Layoffs MONDAY, April 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Key labs at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have shut down ...

The lab firings were part of the 2,400 staff laid off from the CDC. While officials at the Department of Health and Human Services have said the job reductions are aimed at refocusing the agency ...

All the scientists were fired from the only STI lab in the US that tested how well antibiotics were working against drug-resistant gonorrhea strains. HealthDay News — Key labs at the US Centers ...

Lab scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had been analyzing blood samples for weeks to determine how dozens of patients across six states had become infected with viral ...

Key labs at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have shut down amid recent layoffs, raising concerns about tracking and controlling serious infections like viral hepatitis ...

These labs perform advanced disease testing and analysis on hepatitis to understand how it spreads, as well as track infections like chlamydia, syphilis, and gonorrhea. HealthDay News — Key labs ...