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The CDC’s injury center is saving lives — but for how much longer?

Impacts of the reduction in workforce on CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC)

FY2026 Discretionary Budget Request (Trump Administration)

What’s happening to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)?

With future of gun research in question, new report finds US emergency departments see a firearm injury every 30 minutes

Democratic Hearing (April 29, 2025): The Trump Administration’s Ongoing Efforts to Dismantle CDC and the Public Health System

CDC firings gut research on traumatic brain injuries

With CDC injury prevention team gutted, ‘we will not know what is killing us’ (NPR)

Letter to the Editor submitted by Safe State Alliance Executive Director (Sharon Gilmartin) published in the New York Times

Hope during a public health crisis (Safe States Alliance ‘INdepth’ podcast)

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Injury and violence prevention in Iowa

Snap-shot of the significance of the CDC Injury Center and funding in Iowa

CDC is preventing violence in Iowa communities