More than a dozen NIH grants to Georgia institutions have been canceled since President Donald Trump took office.
The administration slashed the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, firing roughly half of its remaining employees as part of a perplexing reorganization of the federal Health and Human Services Department.
New York state is reeling from more than $360 million in cuts to public health, while NYC faces a more than $100 million loss.
“Cuts at the CDC impact health, national security, community wellness, jobs in Atlanta, and faith in our day to day,” Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said.
A DeKalb County clinic that treats many refugee patients recently found that about 25% of their 1- and 2-year-old patients have anemia.
More than a dozen NIH grants to Georgia institutions have been canceled since President Donald Trump took office.
The administration slashed the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, firing roughly half of its remaining employees as part of a perplexing reorganization of the federal Health and Human Services Department.
New York state is reeling from more than $360 million in cuts to public health, while NYC faces a more than $100 million loss.
“Cuts at the CDC impact health, national security, community wellness, jobs in Atlanta, and faith in our day to day,” Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said.
It is the only state that no longer collects immunization reports from local schools, creating a data gap for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. State lawmakers are considering a bill to undo the policy.
A DeKalb County clinic that treats many refugee patients recently found that about 25% of their 1- and 2-year-old patients have anemia.
Leaders at the Cobb and Douglas Public Health department continue to express caution about respiratory, vaccine-preventable diseases.
Five years after the Covid pandemic arrived, the narrative that the U.S. should have had fewer virus control measures has gained momentum. Here are six questions for assessing the response.
The Cobb and Douglas Public Health Department director said the agency would lose nearly $500,000 from federal cuts.
The Department of Health and Human Services abruptly terminated grants that supported infectious disease prevention and surveillance work in New York City.
The anti-fluoride movement has more momentum than ever. In rural counties with few dentists, tooth decay could surge to levels that have not been seen in decades, experts warn.
Two New York City house cats died from bird flu after eating raw pet food, and researchers found the virus survives the aging process in raw milk cheese.
The federal agency funds $50 million of efforts to reduce HIV in Georgia, which had the second-highest rate of new cases in 2022.
City and state health agencies need the collaboration of CDC experts to help investigate local disease outbreaks and other threats to public health.
Flu and RSV are on their way down as winter turns to spring, but wastewater data are showing higher levels of Covid.
As experts grow increasingly worried about bird flu, there is one critical intervention state and local governments can take now: Improve indoor air quality in places like schools.
Cats are especially vulnerable to bird flu infections, experts say. Here’s what to know about protecting your pet.
‘Responsibilities that should be on adults are on teenage kids,’ said the principal of the school.
As House Republicans seek $880 billion in cuts, leaders of community hospitals and health centers in New York warn that cuts to Medicaid could mean layoffs and service reductions.
Small businesses use a tiny portion of the NIH’s budget to bridge the gap between research and consumers, like making devices that reduce pain without opioids.