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A public health shakeup: COVID-funding cuts strip states of essential resources

Season 1 Episode 26 | 48m 06s

Public health officials are sounding the alarm, saying the Trump administration is cutting $150 million in federal grants allocated to Connecticut. Those funds were allocated at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. But COVID is still with us. And there’s also bird flu, measles, and other infections in the U.S. We discuss what the federal government’s cuts mean for public health in Connecticut.

Aired: 04/08/25
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