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Public health needs steady budgets – and federal funding uncertainty causes real harms, even if the money is later restored

  • Written by Max Crowley, Professor of Human Development, Family Studies and Public Policy, Penn State
Public health needs steady budgets – and federal funding uncertainty causes real harms, even if the money is later restoredCommunities rely on vaccination clinics, restaurant inspections and disease surveillance systems run by local and state public health departments. Sean Rayford/Stringer via Getty Images

Since early 2025, several large federal health grants to states have been suspended and then restored after legal challenges. On Feb. 13, 2026, for example, the...

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