JAMA Network November 21, 2025

In this week’s roundup, JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss “US Governors Are Forming a Public Health Alliance Amid Federal Funding Cuts and Shifting Guidance” and more.

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US Governors Form a Public Health Alliance

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Abbasi: Welcome to this week’s news roundup. I’m Jennifer Abbasi, director of JAMA Medical News. On today’s show, we’re discussing the launch of the Governors Public Health Alliance, an initiative to bolster disease detection and response amid US federal funding cuts. Associate managing editor Kate Schweitzer is here to tell us about the coalition. Kate, thanks for joining.

Schweitzer: Thanks, Jen.

Abbasi: So, tell us. What...

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