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Promoting and protecting the public’s health: recommendations for a new Administration and Congress, 2025

Big Cities Health Coalition

To bolster these efforts, BCHC urges the federal government to provide sustained funding, flexible resource allocation, and direct support to local health agencies, ensuring preparedness for future public health emergencies.

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New Covid shots may be hard to come by for uninsured Georgians

HEALTHBEAT

Those would be distributed to county health departments and around 30 external providers through the state’s Adult Vaccine Program. But the agency has administered just 375 Covid vaccines so far this year. But we are working on it.”