CDC slashed food safety surveillance, now tracks only 2 of 8 top infections
arstechnica.com

... In July, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dramatically, but quietly, scaled back a food safety surveillance system, cutting active tracking from eight top foodborne infections down to just two, according to a report by NBC News.

The Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet)"a network of surveillance sites that spans 10 states and covers about 54 million Americans (16 percent of the US population)"previously included active monitoring for eight infections from pathogens. Those include Campylobacter, Cyclospora, Listeria, Salmonella, Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC), Shigella, Vibrio, and Yersinia.

Now the network is only monitoring for STEC and Salmonella. ...

CDC in turmoil. Trump still backs RFK Jr.
www.politico.com

... President Donald Trump promised to let Robert F. Kennedy Jr. "go wild" on health. He's following through.

After the health secretary said Wednesday that he wanted Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez gone less than a month after the Senate confirmed her, Monarez said she needed to hear it directly from the president.

A few hours later, a White House staffer in the personnel office told her she was terminated.

The move prompted dismay from both Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill as well as the public health establishment, but it was just the latest instance in which Trump has had Kennedy's back when he makes controversial decisions. ...