Massive budget cuts have wiped out over a dozen U.S. government health-tracking programs. The Trump administration’s early actions included slashing CDC initiatives monitoring lead poisoning, youth smoking, workplace injuries, and pregnancy health.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended the moves as eliminating waste, but experts warned the cuts could leave Americans blind to serious public health threats. Programs tracking transgender violence, sexual assaults, and drug use were also gutted, raising alarm among researchers and city officials alike.
While some core CDC data centers remain intact, efforts to modernize health forecasting and environmental investigations have been severely disrupted, leaving public health officials scrambling for alternatives.
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