The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a report outlining how it develops its public health and clinical guidelines. “Standards Required for the Development of CDC Evidence-Based Guidelines” was released in this week’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The information in the report isn’t new, but Vilma Carande-Kulis, the report’s lead author, said in an email to The Journalist’s Resource that the publication of the standards shows CDC’s commitment to transparency in its decision making. “In addition, we hope this document will be helpful for our public health partners and other organizations in forming their own guidelines and recommendations,” wrote Carande-Kulis, senior science and economics advisor at CDC’s Office of Science. Carande-Kulis added that releasing the document is also “in keeping with the spirit of the 2021 Presidential Memorandum on Restoring Trust in Government through Scientific Integrity and Evidence-based Policymaking.” The report comes at the heels of intense criticism of the agency’s …