Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stevens. Parents across the nation are having

conversations with their children following a deadly school shooting in Minneapolis this week.

As NPR's Kadya Riddell reports, experts are advising parents to be honest.

It's tempting to try to shield kids from these kinds of events. But if parents don't talk

to their kids about it, they risk them finding out through social media or their peers.

Melissa Brimer is director of terrorism and disaster programs at the UCLA Duke University National

Center for Child Traumatic Stress. She suggests parents remind their kids that there are protocols in place

in their schools to protect them. Do you see sometimes that the doors are locked at school?

There's a reason for that because that's one way your school is trying to make sure that you

stay safe at school. Children, she says, can handle the truth even when it's difficult.

Katie Riddle in PR News.

A group of scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

rallied outside of the agency's headquarters Thursday

to protest the firing of CDC director Susan Menores.

As NPR Selena Simmons-Duffin report,

some health experts are worried that the turmoil at the CDC will affect national public health.

The CDC is the agency in charge of emergency preparedness and response, and public health leaders across the country are just really hoping there is no public health emergency right now with the CDC in such disarray.

And there is some discussion happening about logistically how public health works without CDC.

You know, the truth is there's no replacement for the federal government, not just in terms of

resources, but in terms of legal authority.

NPR, Selena Simmons-Duffin.

Trump advisor, Carrie Lake says she will appeal a judge's ruling that she cannot legally

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