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EXCLUSIVE: Senate Democrats blast CDC’s rescission of $600M in ‘woke’ health funding 

Led by Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), roughly a dozen Democratic senators blasted the public health funding rescissions the Trump administration carried out earlier this month targeting grants for supposed “woke” programs in blue states. 

At the start of the month, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) directed the Transportation Department and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to rescind a collective $1.5 billion in grant funding from California, Colorado, Illinois and Minnesota, with $602 million in health care funding being clawed back. 

An OMB spokesperson said at the time that the rescissions were targeting “woke” healthcare grants within “states fraught with waste and mismanagement.” 

Senate Democrats representing the affected states as well as those in leaderships positions on key committees lambasted this action in a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., seen first by The Hill. 

“The administration has allegedly deemed the $600 million in grant funding as ‘inconsistent with agency priorities.’ Despite this claim, the administration’s effort guts essential public health infrastructure, as well as testing and treatment for lethal diseases, including HIV. Should the administration move forward with these planned cuts, basic public health infrastructure in California, Colorado, Illinois, and Minnesota will be threatened,” their letter stated. 

They decried that “no explanation” has been given regarding how these grants were judged as being inconsistent. 

The targeted funds included $3 million to Colorado to address COVID-19 disparities among racial and ethnic minority groups; $5.2 million to a Chicago children’s hospital for increasing HIV PrEP use among Black cisgender women; and half a million to the University of California for evaluating state-level laws to prevent sexual and intimate partner violence among gender and sexual minorities. 

“These latest grant terminations also fall on the heels of your recent attempt to terminate 2,800 grants and $2 billion in funding supporting mental health and substance use prevention and treatment programs nationwide, as well as your attempt to pause all activities under CDC’s PHIG program nationwide,” added the senators. “Those actions were so reckless and deadly that both decisions were reversed within 24 hours.” 

The senators demanded that the administration reverse all rescissions. 

The lawmakers who signed the letter included Democratic Sens. Adam Schiff (Calif.), Alex Padilla (Calif.), Dick Durbin (Ill.), Tammy Duckworth (Ill.), Amy Klobuchar (Minn.), Tina Smith (Minn.), Michael Bennet (Colo.), John Hickenlooper (Colo.), Patty Murray (Wash.), Tammy Baldwin (Wis.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). 

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How policy will be impacting the health care sector this week and beyond:

Early prenatal care declining in US: CDC data

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that prenatal care starting in the first trimester declined from 2021 to 2024.  The study, released Thursday, found that the share of pregnant mothers beginning prenatal care in the first trimester decreased from 78.3 percent in 2021 to 75.5 percent in 2024. That came after it rose by 1.2 percent from 2016 to 2021.  The report, authored by Michelle …

CDC vaccine advisory panel meeting postponed

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has delayed an upcoming meeting of its highly influential vaccine advisory committee. The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) was scheduled to meet next week from Feb. 25-27. A source familiar with the matter told The Hill, however, that this meeting has been delayed. While some reports have indicated the meeting has been moved to sometime in mid-March, …

VFW says new federal rule could lower disability compensation for millions of veterans

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is warning that federal rule change could lower disability compensation for millions of veterans. On Tuesday, the Department of Veterans Affairs amended an interim final rule that it says clarifies the VA’s longstanding interpretation of the CFR 4.10 in the Code of Federal Regulations. It provides the basis for evaluating disabilities for veterans. By doing so, …

Branch out with a different read:

Trump seeks to boost controversial herbicide glyphosate, drawing MAHA ire

President Trump this week issued an executive order that seeks to boost the controversial herbicide glyphosate, drawing ire from the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement.Glyphosate, a key ingredient in the commonly used and widely litigated weedkiller Roundup, is described as “a cornerstone of this Nation’s agricultural productivity and rural economy” in Trump’s order, issued Wednesday.

Local and state headlines on health care:

State’s top health official: FDA’s reversal on Moderna’s flu vaccine could ‘chill the market’ (GBH) 

Georgia bill would make ivermectin available over the counter. Critics warn of risks (Georgia Public Broadcasting) 

Missouri and Kansas families pay nearly 10% of their income on employer-provided health insurance (The Beacon) 

Health news we’ve flagged from other outlets:

The federal directory of doctors and hospitals is coming this year (Stat) 

Red and blue states alike want to limit AI in insurance. Trump wants to limit the states. (KFF Health News) 

FEMA still hasn’t reimbursed hospitals for COVID-19 work (NOTUS) 

Opinions related to health submitted to The Hill:

Something is very wrong at the FDA

Fair drug pricing requires legislation, not executive orders

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