i hope a rabid racoon bites the demented monster & every fucking republican in his crazy cabinet & congress/senate/etc

[orleans]

CDC pauses testing for rabies and other serious infectious diseases
Disease tracking is also temporarily halted for mpox and other common viruses, such as Epstein-Barr and varicella zoster.

The federal government’s disease-tracking agency has paused its diagnostic testing for rabies, mpox and a number of other infectious diseases.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week posted a list of more than two dozen types of testing that have become unavailable.

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The pausing of lab testing comes in the wake of the dramatic downsizing of the CDC in the last year through layoffs, retirements, resignations and the nonrenewal of temporary appointments. Staffing fell by 20% to 25%, according to different estimates, and was felt across the agency — including in the laboratories.

more
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cdc-pauses-testing-rabies-monkeypox-epstein-barr-viruses-rcna266377

here's a list:

https://cdc.gov/infectious-diseases-labs/php/test-directory/index.html