The CDC’s primary medical journal for disseminating public health information went unpublished this week — seemingly for the first time ever — amid a communications freeze issued by HHS to the nation’s various health agencies.
The shelving of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report raised concern among experts, who worried it will slow the dissemination of important information and could damage the journal’s standing as an unbiased journal.
“The bottom line is, every day the publication is delayed, doctors, nurses, hospitals, local health departments and first