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  "title": "New CDC Director Acknowledges Agency Problems in First Large Staff Meeting",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/new-cdc-director-acknowledges-agency-problems-in-first-large-staff",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-20T14:18:31.000Z",
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  "summary": "(MedPage Today) -- In her first large staff meeting, the new director of the CDC promised Wednesday to advocate for the agency while acknowledging that congressionally funded programs lacked staff and employees were feeling burned out. Erica Schwartz...",
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        "outlet": "Associated Press",
        "title": "New CDC director acknowledges agency problems in first large staff meeting",
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        "published": "2026-08-19T21:23:02.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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