nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor3|||With CDC Pulled Off Data Collection, Some States Lose Access To COVID Hospital Data||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||State and hospital leaders in two states report that a Trump administration change to how pandemic data is collected has left them unable to access vital information.

New federal rules for reporting data have caused confusion and delays for state officials trying to monitor the pandemic. Dr. Lee Norman, Secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, discussed the resurgence in coronavirus cases in Kansas on July 15 in Topeka. Norman called the resurgence “awful.”

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With CDC Pulled Off Data Collection, Some States Lose Access To COVID Hospital Data

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State and hospital leaders in two states report that a Trump administration change to how pandemic data is collected has left them unable to access vital information.