Experts wonder 'Where is the CDC?' as a hantavirus outbreak unfolds on a cruise ship
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No quick dispatching of disease investigators. No televised news conference to inform the public. No timely health alerts to doctors.
In the midst of a hantavirus outbreak that involves Americans and is making headlines around the world , the U.S. government's top public health agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been uncharacteristically missing in action , according to a number of experts.
To President Donald Trump, "We seem to have things under very good control," as he told reporters Friday evening...
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