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For women, Audre Lorde wrote, poetry is not a luxury. Rather, it is “a vital necessity of our existence.” Here’s a poem I read this week: “Overwhelm” by Joy Harjo, in the New Yorker. Tomorrow is Juneteenth, and the newsletter is off. I hope you read a poem instead. The newsletter is back on Friday, and I’ll be back next week.
CDC leaders tout ‘myth-busting’ and ‘resilience’ at first all-hands meeting
In their first all-staff meeting since the start of the Trump administration, interim leadership at the CDC attempted to sidestep controversy and rally troops at the demoralized agency yesterday, STAT’s Helen Branswell reports.
Staff were told that the nominee to lead the agency, Susan Monarez, has begun meeting with senators in advance of a still-unscheduled Senate confirmation hearing. They were also informed that the June ACIP meeting will be shorter than anticipated because the eight new members of the vaccine advisory committee are not yet in a position to deal with all the agenda items. Read more on what was discussed from Helen, who got a full recording of the tightly scripted hour-long meeting.
