Drowning prevention program comes to a halt at the CDC

The Trump Administration Has Cut The CDC's Drowning Prevention Program

FatCamera/E+/Getty ImagesThe Trump administration has been extremely serious about cutting back government spending and increasing efficiency on the federal level. But as programs that save lives are cut, many wonder about the cost of reduced services, research, and support. This is now the case with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) drowning prevention program. All experts working on this team were placed on administrative …

Drowning prevention program comes to a halt at the CDC

A few years in, a CDC drowning prevention program was ready to share its findings on how to mitigate the leading cause of death among young children. Then the administration terminated that staff.

Drowning prevention program comes to a halt at the CDC – DG Verifications & Stats

Dorgie Productions/Getty Images/The Image Bank RF For the past few years, a small team of health scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had been tasked with answering basic statistical questions like: Who is drowning? Where is it happening — in lakes, rivers, swimming pools? And what works to prevent it? The team was starting to answer some of those questions when it was put on administrative leave in April, according to tw…