"Work with raccoons and need a #rabies test? Don't send samples to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (#CDC) for at least the next couple of weeks.

The agency has temporarily paused testing for a host of infectious #diseases, including poxviruses, various parasites, and lymphocytic choriomeningitis, a rodent-borne virus that can cause meningitis."

States try to fill the gaps, but do they have the resources?

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/rabies/state-public-health-labs-step-cdc-pauses-testing-various-pathogens-including-rabies-mpox

#health #medicine

State public health labs step up as CDC pauses testing for various pathogens, including rabies, mpox

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