"annual funding for the CDC’s public health preparedness & response efforts were $1 billion lower

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for 2013 fiscal year than for 2002."

This quote is from a Scientific American article by Judy Stone: Ebola in the U.S.—Politics and Public Health Don’t Mix

And we need to take the politics out of funding for public health and research. We need to approve a strong Surgeon General like Dr. Vivek Murthy, and not have appointments like his be derailed by the NRA and their politicians. NIH’s budget was reduced by $446 million from 2010 to 2014, and subjected to inappropriate politically motivated interference in its decision making. The CDC’s discretionary funding was cut by $585 million during this same period. Shockingly, annual funding for the CDC’s public health preparedness and response efforts were $1 billion lower for 2013 fiscal year than for 2002. These funding decreases have resulted in more than 45,700 job losses at state and local health departments since 2008. Again, it is not just the Ebola that is a looming threat. We need to worry about vaccine-preventable but neglected infections like influenza, measles, and whooping cough; the serious emerging viral infections in the US like Enterovirus-D68, chikungunya and dengue, as well as overseas MERS and bird flus, and natural disasters.

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/molecules-to-medicine/2014/10/06/ebola-in-the-u-s-politics-and-public-health-dont-mix/

Best article on the issues I have come across and flies in the face of the propaganda emanating from the Cato Institute, Huffington Post, and other RW news sources.

[KittyWampus]

1. Thanks. And added point- Texas is one of largest recipients of money from CDC

All 50 states get chunks of money from the CDC, Texas is one of largest.

It got 35 million last year. But I failed to find out where that money went.

If anyone has google-fu working today, maybe we can find out where Texas puts its CDC money.

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3. No problem. Its a great article. n/t

[Sweet Freedom]

4. It might be grants for the TMC...

The Texas Medical Center is the largest medical campus in the world and home to some of the top-rated facilities in the nation, many of which are known for their ground-breaking research.

[City Lights]

2. Thanks for this.