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House Democrats subpoena Azar and Redfield in CDC political interference probe By Melissa Quinn Details on $900 billion COVID stimulus bill
Washington A Democratic-led House panel examining the Trump administration s response to the coronavirus pandemic issued subpoenas Monday to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Robert Redfield for documents related to alleged political interference in the scientific work of the CDC.
The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis has been investigating claims that political appointees at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) attempted to influence reports from the CDC about the spread of the coronavirus in the spring and summer, and bullied career staff.
Trump officials attacked CDC coronavirus reports, House panel says
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR The Associated Press,Updated December 21, 2020, 10:42 a.m.
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WASHINGTON (AP) â Trump administration political appointees tried to block or change more than a dozen government reports that detailed scientific findings about the spread of the coronavirus, a House panel investigating the alleged interference said Monday.
Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., said his coronavirus committee investigators have found evidence of a âpolitical pressure campaignâ to âbullyâ professionals at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in what may have been an attempt to âcripple the nation s coronavirus response in a misguided effort to achieve herd immunity.â
Also over the weekend, several countries announced plans to shut their borders to Britain as news of a highly contagious new variant of the coronavirus led the British government to backtrack on plans to let families mix over Christmas. The U.K. is locking down London and other areas in southern England where infections by the Covid mutation are heavily concentrated.
The U.S. is recording at least 215,700 new Covid-19 cases and at least 2,600 virus-related deaths each day, based on a seven-day average calculated by CNBC using Johns Hopkins University data.
The following data was compiled by Johns Hopkins University: