Trust in the public health agencies has decreased since the pandemic.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has taken the lowest dip. According to polls conducted by researchers at Harvard, in 2021, more than half of the American population trusted the CDC a great deal. However, subsequent polls funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and CDC showed that trust dipped to less than 40 percent in 2022 and 2023. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the NIH were similarly affected, though to a lesser degree.
