The Parasite Problem: How Staff Cuts Exacerbate America's Public Health Crises The recent surge in cyclospora cases across the US has exposed a more insidious threat to public health: the devastating effects of last year's personnel cuts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Former employees are speaking out about the crippling impact on their agency's ability to respond.
Joel Barratt, a molecular parasitologist and assistant professor at Emory University School of Medicine who previously led the CDC lab responding to cyclospora outbreaks, paints a dire picture.