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Staff cuts prompt US consumer safety agency to stop collecting data on car accidents, drug cases

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US consumer safety agency to stop collecting swaths of data after CDC cuts

April 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. consumer product safety agency will stop collecting data on injuries from incidents like car accidents and adverse drug effects due to staff cuts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to an agency email seen by Reuters and a source familiar with the situation.
 
The 47-year-old National Electronic Injury Surveillance System collects data from a representative sample of 100 hospital emergency departments across the country.
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