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AMA defends CDC authority in pandemic response

CHICAGO – WEBWIRE – Wednesday, June 8, 2022 In a legal challenge to a public health mask order, the American Medical Association (AMA) defended the authority of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to enact reasonable, evidence-based public health measures that curb the spread of illness and protect those at highest risk from serious harm. An AMA amicus brief (PDF) filed in Health Freedom Defense Fund v. Biden urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to reverse a district court’s order striking down the CDC’s public transportation mask order on a nationwide basis. ... Read more