{"id":2415336,"date":"2025-03-26T00:25:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T04:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cdc-yanking-billions-in-covid-funding-for-health-departments-across-us-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-26T00:26:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T04:26:33","slug":"cdc-yanking-billions-in-covid-funding-for-health-departments-across-us-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cdc-yanking-billions-in-covid-funding-for-health-departments-across-us-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"CDC yanking billions in COVID funding for health departments across US &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcdc-yanking-billions-in-covid-funding-for-health-departments-across-us-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2415336&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is withdrawing $11.4 billion in COVID-19 funding from health departments across the U.S. This decision marks a shift in priorities as health officials declare the pandemic over and aim to redirect resources to address chronic disease issues. The announcement coincides with the closure of the Office of Long COVID Research, further signaling a decrease in focus on COVID-19-related concerns. Critics, including health officials from various states, express apprehension that this funding cut will hinder the monitoring and response to COVID-19 and other diseases, leaving communities vulnerable. The funding had been essential for tracking the virus, vaccinating populations, and addressing health disparities, notably among underserved communities. The rollback of resources comes amid broader federal budget cuts,leading many to question the timing of these decisions and their potential impact on public health.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">CDC yanking billions in COVID funding for health departments across US<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2074710\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cdc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a> is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3358146\/hhs-long-covid-office-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rescinding<\/a> COVID-19 funding for health departments nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>The CDC is pulling back the $11.4 billion in funds from state and community health departments, nongovernment organizations, and international recipients, the agency announced on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3358792\/measles-case-confirmed-dc-exposure-union-station-adams-morgan\/\">First measles case confirmed in DC with exposures in Union Station and Adams Morgan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3358672\/trump-administration-freeze-planned-parenthood-family-planning-funds\/\">Trump set to freeze Planned Parenthood family planning funds pending DEI review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3358098\/senate-committee-advances-dr-oz-nomination-top-health-care-post\/\">Senate committee advances Dr. Oz nomination for top healthcare post<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;The COVID-19 pandemic is over, and HHS will no longer waste billions of taxpayer dollars responding to a non-existent pandemic that Americans moved on from years ago,&rdquo; Health and Human Services Director of Communications Andrew Nixon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/health\/health-news\/cdc-pulling-back-11b-covid-funding-sent-health-departments-us-rcna198006\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said in a statement<\/a> to NBC News. &ldquo;HHS is prioritizing funding projects that will deliver on President Trump&rsquo;s mandate to address our chronic disease epidemic and Make America Healthy Again.<strong>&ldquo;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The move comes after the HHS closed an office dedicated to studying &ldquo;long COVID,&rdquo; indicating the new administration may be looking to scrap most COVID-19 plans.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are writing to let you know that the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice will be closing as part of the administration&rsquo;s reorganization coming this week,&rdquo; a memo announcing the closure&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/03\/24\/trump-administration-shuttering-office-of-long-covid-research-and-practice-00246836\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">obtained<\/a>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<em>Politico<\/em>&nbsp;said. &ldquo;We are proud of what we have accomplished together advancing understanding, resources, and support for people living with Long COVID.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The funding move tracks with government cuts across the federal government. New Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has canceled millions of dollars of grants for research into vaccines and disease preventions. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Now that the pandemic is over, the grants and cooperative agreements are no longer necessary as their limited purpose has run out,&rdquo; notices of termination sent to grantees on Monday reportedly said.<\/p>\n<p>The COVID-19 crisis came and went, but people are still infected with the virus across the country. Over a million Americans have died from the virus since 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The COVID-19 funding was mainly utilized to track the virus, to vaccinate people, community health workers and initiatives to address COVID-19 health disparities among high-risk and underserved populations, including racial and ethnic minority populations and rural communities, as well as global COVID-19 projects, according to talking points CDC leadership emailed to agency departments Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>At least one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/here-we-go-first-confirmed-case-of-significantly-more-contagious-covid-19-variant-found-in-us\/\" title=\"HERE WE GO: First Confirmed Case of \u201cSignificantly More Contagious\u201d ... Variant Found in US\">state public health official<\/a> is worried that the sudden loss in funding will hurt their state&rsquo;s grasp of the virus. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are concerned that this sudden loss of federal funding threatens Colorado&rsquo;s ability to track COVID-19 trends and other emerging diseases, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">modernize disease data systems<\/a>, respond to outbreaks, and provide critical immunization access, outreach, and education&mdash;leaving communities more vulnerable to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-tool-to-enforce-orwellian-rules-80-house-republicans-help-pass-bill-to-fund-federal-vaccination-database\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014 &#039;Tool to Enforce Orwellian Rules&#039;: 80 House Republicans Help Pass Bill to Fund Federal Vaccination Database\">future public health crises<\/a>,&rdquo; Kristina Iodice, a communications director for Colorado&rsquo;s Department of Public Health and Environment, told NBC News.<\/p>\n<p>Lori Freeman, CEO of the National Association of County &amp; City Health Officials,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsday.com\/news\/nation\/hhs-covid-pandemic-trump-cdc-x15532\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said she believed much <\/a>of the funding was due to expire soon anyways, and the sudden cancellation of it is &ldquo;cruel and unusual behavior.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s ending in the next six months,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s no reason &mdash; why rescind it now?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The COVID-19 funds were also being used to track other diseases, such as the recent measles outbreak.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3358792\/measles-case-confirmed-dc-exposure-union-station-adams-morgan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">FIRST MEASLES CASE CONFIRMED IN DC WITH EXPOSURES IN UNION STATION AND ADAMS MORGAN<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Measles recently spread to Washington D.C., with potential exposures in the Union Station and Adams Morgan areas.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to the Health and Human Services Department about the cuts but did not receive a response.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2074710\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2074710\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CDC withdraws $11.4 billion in COVID funding for health departments nationwide<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2415337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/9c76ab00ad5fc5f4a67ce4e748e7c561-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[50443,52155,52156,32068],"class_list":["post-2415336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cdc-2","tag-covid-funding","tag-health-departments","tag-public-health"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/9c76ab00ad5fc5f4a67ce4e748e7c561-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2415336"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2415340,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415336\/revisions\/2415340"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2415337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2415336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2415336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2415336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}