Under the leadership and guidance of Donald Trump, U.S. Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. and the Republican-controlled Congress have gutted one of the most basic responsibilities of government: protecting Americans from deadly foodborne illnesses. It’s a dangerous gamble that will almost certainly cause suffering or even death for children, infants and the elderly.

The Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, also known as FoodNet, is a cooperative effort of the Centers for Disease Control, Food and Drug Administration and multiple states across the country, designed to share and analyze information to actively look for outbreaks of deadly foodborne pathogens.

But earlier this summer, FoodNet quietly scaled back its tracking of these potentially deadly pathogens. Once monitorin

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