CDC director tells staff ‘there are no banned words,’ while not refuting report
Fitzgerald’s email did not refute a report that CDC staff had been given a list of seven banned words at recent budget meetings.
The new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reached out to alarmed agency staff over the weekend to tamp down fears incited by a report that the Trump administration has banned the CDC from using words like “fetus,” “evidence-based,” and “diversity” in its budget submissions.
Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, who has led the agency since July, sent an all-hands email to the agency’s staff assuring them that the CDC is committed to its mission as a science- and evidence-based
