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Budget cuts and layoffs hit public health departments as federal Covid aid ends

HEALTHBEAT

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Congress allotted more than $800 billion to support states’ Covid-19 responses, fueling a surge in the public health workforce nationwide. Public health experts warn that the accompanying service cuts – functions like contact tracing, immunizations, family planning, restaurant inspections, and more – could send communities into crisis. “You

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Black Americans Still Suffer Worse Health. Here’s Why There’s So Little Progress

KFF Health News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

“So much of what we see is the long tail of slavery and Jim Crow,” said Andrea Ducas , vice president of health policy at the Center for American Progress, a nonprofit think tank. Recent efforts to address health disparities have run headlong into racist policies still entrenched in health systems.

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Budget cuts and layoffs hit public health departments as federal Covid aid ends

Black Americans Still Suffer Worse Health. Here’s Why There’s So Little Progress

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