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Here’s how New York’s public health system will likely be impacted by HHS funding cuts

HEALTHBEAT

Department of Health and Human Services sweeping cuts to public health funding in New York state and New York City have started to come into focus, with wide-ranging consequences for disease surveillance and outbreak response, addiction recovery programs, and mental health services.

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Threats to public health at every angle

Your Local Epidemiologist

Public health can no longer upgrade immunization information systems. Public health can no longer upgrade disease surveillance and reporting. Public health can no longer carry out major lab renovations and modernization. 1 billion cut to substance use and mental health services.