Cutting Federal Medical Research Is Short-Sighted Blow to America’s Health and Innovation: Op-Ed

Cutting federal medical research is short-sighted blow to America’s health and innovation: op-ed

It’s time for Congress and this administration to reverse course. We must protect and expand federal investments in public health infrastructure—not abandon them.

Federal cuts to NC public health funding trickling down to local programs

Federal cuts have hit NC DHHS funding for local programs, including for HIV, tobacco cessation and well-water testing that face layoffs. Federal cuts to NC public health funding trickling down to local programs is a story from Carolina Public Press, an award-winning independent newsroom. Our breakthrough journalism shines a light on the critical overlooked and under-reported issues facing North Carolina’s more than 11 million residents. Please c…

OUR VIEW: Cutting public health funding will cost us deeply

Five years ago, local health departments were part of the first line of defense in protecting us against a deadly pandemic.

Slashing public health funding is a national security disaster in the making: Howard Dean

Federal and state government officials are axing public health funding—and justifying the cuts with appeals to fiscal responsibility.But this slash-and-burn approach is enormously shortsighted. Every dollar “saved” now will cost us far more—in both dollars and lives—when the next health emergency inevitably hits.Americans know the toll an infectious disease outbreak can take. We just lived through one. COVID-19 killed over 1 million Americans an…

Their view: Cutting public health funding will cost us deeply

Five years ago, local health departments were part of the first line of defense in protecting us against a deadly pandemic.