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

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>
<div>	<span class="byline">Amy Maxmen</span>
		<time class="posted-on" datetime="2025-08-29T10:49:33-04:00">
			August 29, 2025		</time>
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<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><p /><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/watch-cdc-scientists-political-interference-trump/?share=x">				Share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/watch-cdc-scientists-political-interference-trump/?share=facebook">				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/watch-cdc-scientists-political-interference-trump/?share=linkedin">				Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Watch%3A%20How%20Concerns%20of%20CDC%20Scientists%20Over%20Political%20Interference%20Have%20Grown%20This%20Year&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2FMjA4MTEzNw&share=email">				Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/watch-cdc-scientists-political-interference-trump/#print?share=print">				Print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/watch-cdc-scientists-political-interference-trump/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/watch-cdc-scientists-political-interference-trump/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a <a target="_blank" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"></p>
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