An independent government watchdog agency on Monday agreed to investigate whether the scientific integrity and communications policies of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been violated during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Government Accountability Office (GAO), an independent legislative agency that probes, audits, and evaluates government operations on behalf of Congress, said Oct. 16 (pdf) it had accepted a request from Democratic senators and would examine "whether the CDC and FDA’s scientific integrity and communications policies have been violated and whether those policies are being implemented as intended to assure scientific integrity throughout the agency." The request came from Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Read More From Source
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