7 words the CDC is reportedly banned from using include 'transgender' and 'science-based'

Here are the words Donald Trump's White House has forbidden the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from including in documents being prepared for next year's budget, according to an unnamed CDC analyst who talked to the Washington Post: 

• vulnerable

• entitlement

• diversity 

• transgender 

• fetus

• evidence-based

• science-based

The analyst learned of the directive at a "meeting Thursday with senior CDC officials," the Post reported. 

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"The reaction of people in the meeting was 'incredulous,'" the analyst said. "It was very much, 'Are you serious? Are you kidding?' " Read more...

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