# Claim 336

HHS staff rewrote a CDC guidance document and posted it without the CDC's usual scientific review.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: HHS staff rewrote a CDC guidance document and posted it without the CDC's usual scientific review.
- Field: effect_on_reporting
- Value: HHS rewrote CDC guidance before release
- About: [incident 2020-hhs-officials-alter-cdc-covid-guidance-before-publication](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2020-hhs-officials-alter-cdc-covid-guidance-before-publication)
- Source: Controversial CDC guidelines were written by HHS officials, not scientists: report. https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/516999-controversial-cdc-guidelines-were-written-by-hhs-officials-not-scientists/
- Publisher: The Hill
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2020-09-12

## Quotation from the source

> HHS staff rewrote the document and published it on the CDC's website without going through the traditional review process.

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