The departure follows Kevin Griffis, the head of the CDC Office for Communications, who left last week. The chief operating officer of the agency, Robin Bailey, left for the end of last month. And former CDC Principal Deputy Director Nero Shah.
Pulling the fund
On the other hand, NBC News reported This afternoon, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is withdrawing $ 11.4 billion from the agency, which has allocated the state and local health department as well as partners.
The NBC reports that these funds were widely used for Cavide 19 testing and vaccinations, and to help community health workers and steps that resolve pandemic diseases in high -risk and low -population populations, such as rural communities and minority populations. Funds also supported the World Coid 19 projects.
HHS Director Communications Andrew Nixon said in a statement, “Kovade 19 pandemic diseases have been gone, and HHS will no longer waste billions of taxpayers, which will respond to an unprecedented outbreak that the Americans responded to years ago.” “HHS is preferring funding projects that will provide President Trump’s mandate to deal with our chronic illness epidemic and to make the United States healthy once again.”
The State Health Department told NBC News that they are still examining the effects of the withdrawal of evacuation. On Monday, some grants received notices that have been written: “Now that the outbreak is over, the grant and cooperative agreements are no longer necessary because their limited purpose is gone.”
Since the Public Health Emergency was announced in the United States on May 11, 2023, more than 92,000 US pandemic viruses were killed, According to CDC data. Overall, the epidemic has killed more than 1.2 million in the United States.