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A Federal Reporting Tool Used by 17,000 Small Testing Sites Shuts Down Today, and Its Data Disappears

  • Dorothy Brooks--Medical Daily
  • published date: 2026-08-31 20:30:11 UTC

CDC shuts down SimpleReport today at 5 pm ET. Stored patient and test data will be deleted, and reporting obligations will not change.

At 5 p.m. Eastern today, a piece of federal public health plumbing built during the COVID-19 response switches off for good. SimpleReport, the free CDC tool that let small clinics, schools, nursing h… [+7643 chars]