The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is focused on rebuilding trust, analyzing the safety and efficacy of vaccines, and better understanding autism, the agency said on Sept. 17.
The public health agency is dedicated to furthering the goals of President Donald Trump and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the CDC said in an updated mission statement on its website. Kennedy in August fired the agency’s first Senate-confirmed director.
Trump and Kennedy “are committed to restoring trust, transparency, and credibility to CDC,” the agency stated. “CDC is committed to those goals and is likewise committed to ensuring that its leadership and all decisions are public facing and more accountable.”…