US EditionTakeaways from AP’s report on how federal public health cuts are affecting communities across the US
- In March 2025, the Trump administration cut $11 billion in federal funding and terminated approximately 20,000 positions within national health organizations across the United States.
- This action followed the official end of the pandemic and led to abrupt funding cuts without warning, sparking uncertainty among public health officials nationwide.
- Budget reductions led to the dismissal of essential personnel, including the entire team of eight mobile vaccine staff in Mecklenburg and several disease intervention experts in Columbus, while compelling local health agencies to scale back critical services such as flu and COVID-19 testing.
- Public health officials have cautioned that the funding cuts have drastically weakened the system, jeopardizing everyday operations just as the country confronts resurgences of infectious diseases such as the recent measles outbreaks, increasing pertussis cases, and potential widespread avian influenza, while proposals aim to reduce the federal agency’s budget by half.
- Officials warn that continuous budget cuts are undermining outbreak responses and endangering public health, while representatives from the federal health agency emphasize they are restructuring flawed systems rather than neglecting pressing health issues.
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Deep cuts erode foundations of U.S. public health
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Americans are losing a vast array of people and programs dedicated to keeping them healthy. Gone are specialists who were confronting a measles outbreak in Ohio, workers who drove a van to schools in North Carolina to offer vaccinations and a program that provided free tests to sick people in Tennessee. Read more...
Health cuts are affecting communities nationwide
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Americans are losing a vast array of people and programs dedicated to keeping them healthy. State and local health departments responsible for invisible but critical work including inspecting restaurants, monitoring wastewater for harmful germs, responding to outbreaks…
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Daily PressDeep cuts erode the foundations of US public health system, threaten worse is to come
By LAURA UNGAR and MICHELLE R. SMITH CHARLOTTE — Americans are losing a vast array of people and programs dedicated to keeping them healthy. Gone are specialists who were confronting a measles outbreak in Ohio, workers who drove a van to schools in North Carolina to offer vaccinations and a program that provided free tests to sick people in Tennessee. State and local health departments responsible for invisible but critical work such as inspecti…
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Takeaways from AP’s report on how federal public health cuts are affecting communities across the US
Americans are losing an array of people and programs dedicated to keeping them healthy. State and local health departments responsible for invisible but critical work including inspecting restaurants, monitoring wastewater for new and harmful germs, responding to outbreaks — and a host of other task
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