How will CDC cuts affect health programs abroad and at home?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have recently lost hundreds of millions of dollars in funding cuts, including a $750 million cut in December. On Friday, President Trump signed...
========== >> Sreenivasan: WHEN IT COMES TOKEEPING AMERICA HEALTHY,PREVENTION IS OFTEN THE BESTMEDICINE.BUT, HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OFDOLLARS ARE BEING FUNNELED AWAYFROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASECONTROL'S PREVENTION AND PUBLICHEALTH FUND.DECEMBER'S TAX REFORM LAWSTRIPPED $750 MILLION FROM THEPROGRAM, MOVING THAT MONEY TOTHE CHILDHOOD HEALTH INSURANCEPROGRAM OR CHIP INSTEAD.AND THIS WEEK, PRESIDENT TRUMPSIGNED A BILL CUTTING $1.35BILLION FROM THE P.P.H.F. OVERTHE NEXT TEN YEARS.IN ADDITION, FUNDING IS NOTBEING RENEWED FOR GLOBAL HEALTHINITIATIVES, WHICH MONITOROUTBREAKS OVERSEAS INCLUDINGEBOLA.SO, WHERE DOES THE C.D.C. GOFROM HERE?YESTERDAY I SPOKE WITH ASHLEYYAEGER, AN ASSOCIATE EDITOR WITH"THE SCIENTIST," WHO HAS BEENCOVERING THE STORY...