Supervisor decries loss of $40M for county lab as court halts federal cuts to public health funding

San Diego to take a $40 million hit in federal funding for public health

An anticipated $40 million cut in federal public-health funding has county officials scrambling to preserve programs that cover everything from wastewater testing to infectious disease investigations in San Diego County’s long-term care facilities. The financial hit is caused by the Trump administration’s recent nationwide cancellation of several grant programs, including one that invests in building new public-health laboratory capacity and ano…

UC San Diego preps budget for up to a $500M hit from federal cuts

Citing “unprecedented conditions,” the university’s chancellor said it was freezing hiring and delaying capital projects.

Supervisor decries loss of $40M for county lab as court halts federal cuts to public health funding

Almost $40 million in federal funding has been revoked from San Diego County, which is preparing to open a new Public Health Laboratory next month. Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer’s office said Thursday that the money the county had been expecting from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would no longer be forthcoming. But the state also announced Thursday that a court had temporarily halted plans to cut $11 billion in federal publ…

San Diego County loses $40M in funds just before new public health lab opens

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- San Diego County will not receive $40 million of public health funding promised by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), County Supervisor and acting Board of Supervisors Chair Terra Lawson-Remer announced Thursday in a news release. According to the release, the county was notified just last week that the CDC would pull back on multiple funding streams that were previously awarded through fiscal year 20…

SC loses more than $120 million in public health funds

HHS terminated grants relating to COVID, HIV, infectious disease, and mental health.

GOP Leaders Urge Spending Cuts as Delaware Faces Loss of $38M in Health Funds

They urged a bipartisan effort to identify top priorities and adopt policies that ensure Delaware’s financial stability, now and in the future.