Watch: How Concerns of CDC Scientists Over Political Interference Have Grown This Year

By Amy Maxmen August 29, 2025

CDC staff and supporters outside of the agency's headquarters in Atlanta on Thursday. (Dustin Chambers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

CNN’s Erica Hill spoke with KFF Health News correspondent Amy Maxmen about leadership changes at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Maxmen noted that turmoil at the CDC has been occurring since early in the Trump administration.

She recently explored these issues in her article “As Measles Exploded, Officials in Texas Looked to CDC Scientists. Under Trump, No One Answered.”

Click here to watch Maxmen on “CNN News Central”

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<h1>Watch: How Concerns of CDC Scientists Over Political Interference Have Grown This Year</h1>	<span class="byline">
		By <a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/author/amy-maxmen/"><strong>Amy Maxmen</strong></a>	</span>

<p>CNN’s Erica Hill <a href="https://next.frame.io/share/129886b1-9f22-46c0-ae78-54f415974650/view/a74077ef-d8ad-4655-a38a-cc03032529c9">spoke with KFF Health News correspondent Amy Maxmen</a> about leadership changes at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Maxmen noted that turmoil at the CDC has been occurring since early in the Trump administration. </p>

<p>She recently explored these issues in her article “<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/texas-measles-outbreak-cdc-vaccines-rfk-trump/">As Measles Exploded, Officials in Texas Looked to CDC Scientists. Under Trump, No One Answered.</a>”</p>

<p><strong><a href="https://next.frame.io/share/129886b1-9f22-46c0-ae78-54f415974650/view/a74077ef-d8ad-4655-a38a-cc03032529c9">Click here to watch Maxmen on “CNN News Central”</a></strong></p>

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