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

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Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free New York City newsletter here. The state Health Department expects to lose more than $300 million, diminishing its disease surveillance and outbreak response work as it confronts emerging measles cases and the spread of bird flu. The impacts of the U.S.

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COVID-19 in 2025: ‘A Constant Threat, but a Manageable One’

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March 8, 2025 Jillian McKoy Twitter Facebook Five years after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, the virus has largely receded from public conversation and daily routinesand when it does arise, its often referenced in the past tense. Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.