"Conservatives in Congress and Washington think tanks have proposed eliminating CDC programs they say are not central to fighting infectious diseases."
"State and local health departments would no longer be able to track opioid overdoses, provide cancer screenings and help people quit smoking, according to health officials, if Republicans carry out their plans to dramatically shrink the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under a second Donald Trump presidency.
Conservatives in Congress and Washington think tanks have proposed eliminating programs they say are not central to fighting infectious disease. Republican House appropriators want to slash the public health agency’s budget by about 20 percent and eliminate two dozen programs they consider “duplicative and controversial,” including initiatives to study the public health impact of climate change.
Key advisers in the Trump administration had discussed narrowing the CDC’s mission in the early months of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. Since then, Republican scrutiny has sharpened, with lawmakers and other policy experts voicing growing support to downsize the agency’s scope."
Lena H. Sun reports for the Washhington Post October 29, 2024.
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