CDC pauses dozens of types of lab testing during evaluation and in wake of downsizing

CDC pauses dozens of types of lab testing during evaluation and in wake of downsizingBy MIKE STOBBEAP Medical WriterThe Associated PressNEW YORK

NEW YORK (AP) — The federal government’s disease-tracking agency has paused its diagnostic testing for rabies, monkeypox and a number of other infectious diseases.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week posted a list of more than two dozen types of testing that have become unavailable.

This is not the first time the CDC has paused some of its lab testing. But it is pausing more kinds of tests than ever before, and it is not totally clear why, said Scott Becker, chief executive officer of the Association of Public Health Laboratories.

A government spokesman called the pause temporary and attributed it to “a routine review to uphold our commitment to high quality laboratory testing.”

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