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

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Local health department staffing grew by about 19% from 2019 to 2022, according to a report from the National Association of County and City Health Officials that studied 2,512 of the nation’s roughly 3,300 local departments. That same report explained that half of their revenue in 2022 came from federal sources.