Trump administration to cut $11.4 billion in COVID funding
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The lawsuit calls the cuts illegal, arguing the federal government did not provide a "rational basis" for them, and asks the court to immediately prevent the money from being rescinded.
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The loss in funding will lead to delays in some daily vaccine order and delivery transactions, program projects, and bi-annual provider re-enrollments.
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A group of Democratic-led states on Tuesday sued Republican U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to challenge its cancellation of $11 billion in federal grants the states were allocated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The federal government announced it was revoking unspent, leftover, post-pandemic COVID-19 relief funding, including $80 million in NH.
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State and local public health departments are bracing themselves as the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pulls back about $11.4 billion in grants that were allocated to state and community health departments during the Covid-19 pandemic response.
Studies on COVID, climate change and South Africa are on the latest list of terminated grants by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, according to updated documents obtained by Nature
The lawsuit follows a decision by the Trump administration to cancel $11 billion in Department of Health and Human Services funding nationwide.
Attorneys general from 24 states, RI, have sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for terminating nearly $11 billion in public health grants.
The U.S. Health and Human Services Department, which began serving employees dismissal notices on Tuesday in what’s expected to total 10,000 layoffs, said it does not comment on ongoing
Data on the CDC website shows that 1.2 million people have died from COVID-19 since the federal public health emergency ended.
Attorneys general from 23 states and the District of Columbia are suing the Trump administration for its decision to claw back $11 billion that went to public health departments for COVID-19 efforts and addiction and mental health programs.