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

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.
Many U.S. government agencies collect data and make it publicly available. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Data that taxpayers have paid for and rely on is disappearing – here’s how it’s happening and what you can do about it

Detailed data that US government agencies collect and make available has underpinned research about people, medicine, science, crime, jobs, housing, climate and the economy.

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