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New York’s public health system is largely protected from national level changes. Here’s why.

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Marisa Donnellys community public health forecast in your inbox a day early. A lot is unfolding at the national level, including the recent firing of hundreds of federal health agency employees. Among those laid off were seven Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employees assigned to the New York City health department.

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Respiratory weather report for New York: Covid levels low as flu and RSV rise

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Marisa Donnelly’s community public health forecast in your inbox a day early. I want to start this week’s YLE New York by acknowledging the uncertainties and anxieties around what the election results mean for public health in the United States, and by recommitting to our YLE mission. That won’t change.