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President Trump at a COVID-19 briefing with Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx in the background

The Trump Administration Is Muzzling CDC Scientists During Pandemic

Despite the incredible efforts of scientists in the White House Coronavirus Task Force, the Trump White House has pushed aside CDC scientists from communicating with the public during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Presidential and CDC Press Events on COVID-19 Epidemic

Graphic showing numbers of CDC and presidential press events during early weeks of COVID-19 epidemic

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Presidential and CDC Press Events Held During Epidemics

Graphic comparing presidential and CDC press events during three epidemics

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CDC Public Communication and Reported US Cases of SARS, H1N1, and COVID-19

Graph showing cases vs CDC press briefings for three epidemics

Person in yellow and white face mask.

COVID-19 Climate Hazards

Climate hazards across the world will inevitably collide with the COVID-19 pandemic in ways that will disrupt emergency responses to both.

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Compound Climate Risks in the COVID-19 Pandemic

A comment in Nature Climate Change.

May 13, 2020

Union of Concerned Scientists, American Oversight Sue for Records Related to USDA Relocation

Got Science? The Podcast - Michael Halpern

Sidelining Science During a Pandemic

Science policy expert Michael Halpern exposes how the Trump administration is unraveling health and safety standards during COVID-19.

unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile test launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (

No First Use Explained

What's a No First Use (NFU) Nuclear Policy and would adopting one make the United States safer?

red Tesla EV at 2019 LA Auto Show

Cleaner EVs

Electric vehicles will be an important part of the US transportation future—especially when charged by a clean electricity grid.

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