The CDC has paused diagnostic testing for more than two dozen infectious diseases —including rabies and pox viruses — according to the agency’s website.HHS spokesman Andrew Nixon told Healio that the pause is temporary while the CDC “evaluates these assays as part of our routine review to uphold our commitment to high-quality laboratory testing.”Nixon said the department expects “some of these tests will be available through CDC labs again in the coming weeks,” but he did not specify which ones.J. Glenn Morris Jr., MD, MPH&TM, professor and former director of the Emerging Pathogens
