U.S. News May 7, 2021
Thirty-nine states and the District of Columbia saw a 1% or greater increase in public health spending from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020, according to Trust for America’s Health.
People line up for a COVID-19 vaccination drive at an old TJ Maxx store in Lynchburg, Va., on March 13. The Lynchburg Fire department collaborated with the city government and private industry to help administer and distribute vaccines to neighboring counties.(ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP)
The federal government has done a lackluster job of funding public health programs throughout the nation, leaving states and communities especially susceptible to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the findings of a new report by Trust for America’s Health.
“This is a chronic underfunding,”...
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