Not only is the Trump administration prepping to eliminate federal funding for domestic HIV prevention programs, but now Team Trump is considering eliminating certain groups of external specialists that provide guidance to the CDC on significant health risks such as HIV and avian influenza. It shouldn’t surprise you to know that one of those expert panels is the CDC/HRSA Advisory Committee on HIV, Viral Hepatitis and STD Prevention. 
Via Politico:
The Trump administration is considering killing some panels of outside experts that advise the CDC on key health threats like HIV and avian flu, according to an email seen by POLITICO.
The email, sent to CDC leaders Friday, said the Department of Health and Human Services is “recommending termination” of the panels that are not mandated by law.
The email said CDC leaders would need to justify keeping the committees by 10 tonight [March 21], but a second, follow-up email said that “no response is required at this time.”
Also known as advisory committees, the panels offer the CDC guidance from outside experts on an array of subjects on which the agency makes recommendations.
Click over to Politico for the list of nine CDC committees at risk.
BREAKING: @SecKennedy moves to shut down CDC panels An email, sent to @CDCgov leaders Friday, said @HHSGov is “recommending termination” of panels that are not mandated by law. Nine CDC committees slated for deletion: 1) The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee… pic.twitter.com/jZVdTJn0nH
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