ALT Text at top: Governors Bob Ferguson, Gavin Newsom, and Tina Kotek launch new West Coast Health Alliance to uphold scientific integrity in public health as Trump destroys CDC's credibility  Joint statement reading: “President Trump’s mass firing of CDC doctors and scientists — and his blatant politicization of the agency — is a direct assault on the health and safety of the American people. The CDC has become a political tool that increasingly peddles ideology instead of science, ideology that will lead to severe health consequences. California, Oregon, and Washington will not allow the people of our states to be put at risk.”