Such a prohibition dealing a blow to global research efforts and continuing the Trump administration’s aggressive attack on government-funded science. Depending on whether CDC staff are the lead authors of a given publication affected by the guidance, they are instructed to either pause all action on the publication or recuse themselves as authors if they cannot pause the publication process.

The guidance also says that manuscripts that do not comply with Trump’s executive orders and that were submitted prior to Jan. 20, 2025 – the date of Trump’s inauguration, and when he moved to withdraw the United States from the WHO – should be withdrawn, or CDC staff should recuse themselves as authors.

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump ordered the United States to withdraw from the World Health Organization, which is a specialized United Nations agency focused on studying, detecting and responding to infectious disease and other public health concerns.

 
Source https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cdc-who-publication-memo_n_67c1eb34e4b0bf54864084cf

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