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State and county public‑health officials warn CDC cuts threaten labs, immunizations and disease surveillance
Summary
California Department of Public Health and county officials told an Assembly subcommittee that the CDC’s decision to rescind or withhold supplemental pandemic‑era grants puts roughly $840 million at risk in California, imperils lab sequencing and vaccine systems, and has led to layoffs and terminated contracts in local health departments.
California public‑health officials told a State Assembly Subcommittee 1 on Health hearing that recent federal actions to rescind or withhold pandemic‑era supplemental grants from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would sharply curb the state’s ability to detect, investigate and contain infectious diseases.
Dr. Bridal Pahn, identified in testimony as Director and State Public Health Officer at the California Department of Public Health, said the CDC announced rescissions or terminations that amount nationally to more than $11,400,000,000 and that California’s exposure was “an estimated $840,000,000.” She said the rescinded grants include epidemiologic lab capacity supplements (ELC), immunization and vaccine programs, and health‑disparities grants intended to strengthen surveillance, testing and data modernization.
“We will have minimal ability to detect and track diseases, investigate their source, contain outbreaks, or do any forecasting or projections,” Dr. Pahn told the…
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