Subscribe to Newsletter to get latest insights & analysis in your inbox. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revised its priorities in September, dubbing health equity an "ideologically-laden" concept that "has undermined core American values. JB Pritzker called the funding cuts "a slin the face" to public health leaders who have stepped up as the Trump administration "takes a sledgehammer to public health infrastructure. He is using federal funding to compel states and jurisdictions to follow his agenda," Bonta said. "Those efforts have all previously failed, and we expect that to happen once again.

Source: Economic Times February 13, 2026 09:02 UTC