Trump canceled Covid’s health grants. Here’s how much CA loses

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California can lose more than $ 1 billion in public health and mental health Funding as a result of the new federal budget reductions aimed at Covid-19 pandemic grants, according to the US Department of State’s website.

The Federal Department of Health and Human Services discontinued $ 12 billion intended to respond to infectious diseases, mental health services and other public health problems, according to public health problems, according to public health problems National reportsS

The bigger part of the money comes from the centers for the control and prevention of diseases, while $ 1 billion was reduced by the administration for substance abuse and mental health.

California employees are still raising the money, as the Trump administration has returned additional grants related to health that went to the University of California and California.

Dr. Erika Pan, the best public health employee in the country, confirmed in a statement that the CDC informs California’s employees that he intends to “terminate” the financing from the pandemic era, which had to continue in some cases until 2027.

Currently, money maintains services such as testing of respiratory viruses and monitoring and vaccinations in childhood. It is also used to improve healthcare systems and to deal with healthcare differences, Pan said.

In an interview with the news website Cruel health careThe State Health Department said the termination of grants for public health is $ 709 million. The Health Department did not immediately confirm this number for Calmatters.

Separately, the California Department of Health Services also had five grants terminated this week with a total value of over $ 700 million, according to the US Department of State’s website. Health Services officials that control the state -owned mental health programs and Medi-Cal The insurance program for low -income residents did not immediately answer questions about the canceled funding.

Covid grants lasted several years

The Federal Government awarded billions of dollars for emergency cases to state health services during the Covid-19 pandemic. After the federal emergency in the field of public health ended in 2023, Congress allowed countries to use money for other public health investments.

“All Californians deserve to live in healthy and thriving communities, which is the role of public health,” said a health official Pan. “CDPH remains committed to seeking the resources needed to help the critical, rescue infrastructure needed to maintain people healthy and to protect them from infectious diseases, diseases destined for vaccine and health emergencies.”

A representative of the US Department of Health and Human Services defended the cuts.

“The Covid-19 pandemic is completed and HHS will no longer lose billions of dollars to taxpayers who corresponding to a non-existent pandemic that Americans have passed years ago,” Communication Director Andrew Nixon said in a statement to HHS Director Andrew Nixon NBC Newswhich first reported the cuts.

California uses money to deal with a number of constant public health challenges, including record rates of sexually transmitted infectionsThe emerging threat of bird flu and a deadly flu season.

Hundreds of dairy flocks in the central valley have been Poultryor H5N1, in the largest hearth in the country. At least 38 people are also infected including a A child with no known livestock or other wild animals.

The most recent season of the flu was most dummy For years. More than 1400 people were killed, including 24 children and teens, according to state data.

Michel Gibbons, CEO of the California Regional Health Association Association, said the ability of local health departments to perform vital functions would be greatly reduced by the loss of funding. Many have relied on money for daily operations after decades of insufficient state and federal funding.

As a result of the cuts, the laboratories will have a lower capacity to test and research on disease outbreaks will slow down, Gibbons said. Data systems that are created with federal money to automatically account for test results and track the availability of vaccines will be returned to hand -maintained spreadsheets and health agencies will probably have to make difficult decisions about staff dismissal, she said.

“The help of people to understand the role and value of public health is a challenge, because when public health works, you don’t really see it,” Gibbons said. “(But) we have already seen what happens when we take out funding from our public health infrastructure.”

Doge Health Cuts in UC and California Counts

The Website of the Ministry of Government Efficiency lists another $ 103 million, which is rejected directly in California counties, which are also eliminated. The money was intended for Riverside, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Bernardino, San Diego and Tulare, among others.

An additional $ 169 million health funding has been discontinued by California universities this week, including six campuses at the University of California, according to the website.

The University of California is part of a continuing lawsuit aimed at stopping the Trump administration to suspend billions of scientific finances allocated by Congress.

The Ministry of Public Health of Los Angeles County said in an unsigned statement that a grant related to epidemiology and laboratory capacity has been canceled by the federal government. The State Health Department also gave an informal notice to the county that the financing of the district vaccine services is likely to be terminated as a result of federal actions.

A total of the department expects to lose “more than $ 45 million for Core La La County’s public health funding.”

“Much of this funding supports the monitoring of diseases, public health services, outbreak studies, infections control activities in healthcare facilities and data transparency,” said employees.

Supported by the California Foundation for Health (CHCF), which works to ensure that people have access to the necessary care when they need it, at a price they can afford. Visit www.chcf.org to learn more.

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