WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey issued the following press release:
Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the Primary Health and Retirement Security Subcommittee of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today wrote to Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and acting head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Dr. Jay Bhattacharya with concerns over the CDC's pause on diagnostic testing services for dozens of infectious diseases, that occurred at the end of March. The CDC's testing program is critical to monitor the spread of infectious diseases, which informs prevention and response efforts across the country. Accordingly, it is alarming for the ...