The US government’s shutdown is shaking the nation at a time when public health staffing has already been reduced, the threat of disease outbreaks looms, and both the respiratory virus season and ...

State and local public health departments are bracing themselves as the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pulls back about $11.4 billion in grants that were allocated to state and ...

Local and state leaders must work together to protect our communities from the results of harmful federal actions placing strain on cities and towns.

Torie Bosch is the First Opinion editor at STAT. While the upheaval at the Department of Health and Human Services is getting more headlines, local public health organizations are also facing a moment ...

What do longer term trends in local government spending tell us about the government’s commitment to the prevention shift?

The PH WINS survey was conducted by the de Beaumont Foundation and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) between September 2024 and January 2025. Previously conducted in ...