“As California goes, so goes the nation,” said state Attorney General Rob Bonta — and in the face of federal funding cuts, that goes for health care too.
For California’s older adults, “mental health is the big gap we’ve never been able to fill,” said Anni Chung, president and CEO of Self-Help for the Elderly.
Dr. William Schaffner of Vanderbilt University, says the US pullout from the WHO will have a calamitous impact on the country's ability to tackle public health crises.
With avian flu a going public health threat, President Trump's war on immigrants will complicate efforts to identify outbreaks and roll out vaccinations.