Report: “CDC Researchers Ordered to Retract Papers Submitted to All Journals”

Report: “CDC Researchers Ordered to Retract Papers Submitted to All Journals”

“From MedPage Today:

The CDC has instructed its scientists to retract or pause the publication of any research manuscript being considered by any medical or scientific journal, not merely its own internal periodicals, Inside Medicine has learned. The move aims to ensure that no “forbidden terms” appear in the work. The policy includes manuscripts that are in the revision stages at journal (but not officially accepted) and those already accepted for publication but not yet live.

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The policy goes beyond the previously reportedopens in a new tab or window pause of the CDC’s own publications, including Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), which has seen two issues go unreleased since Jan. 16, marking the first publication gap of any kind in approximately 60 years.

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