Climate and Health Summit Scheduled to Replace One CDC Scrapped

Al Gore helped organize the replacement meeting, after the official one was canceled by the Centers for Disease Control following Donald Trump's election

Former Vice President Al Gore and public health experts will hold a climate change and health meeting in mid-February as a replacement for a similar conference recently canceled by the Centers for Disease Control.

The CDC event was scrapped after President Trump's election in an apparent act of self-censorship.  The Trump administration has moved quickly to scrub climate-related content from federal websites and limit communications between scientific agencies and the public.

Health experts have joined in the chorus of those alarmed by Trump's early actions.

"Climate change is already affecting our health," Georges Benjamin, executive director of American Public Health Association (AHPA), said in a press release about the reinstated health conference.  "This meeting fills an important void and will strengthen the public health response to this growing threat."

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