CDC exits effort to collect hospitals' coronavirus data

FedScoop: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, bowing to pressure from the White House, is removing its infection tracking system from the federal process for collecting hospital coronavirus data.

The move means that hospitals or state health departments will report COVID-19 data directly to two systems managed by the Department of Health and Human Services. The New York Times reported the change late Tuesday after the new instructions were quietly posted to the HHS website.

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