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Selena Simmons-Duffin

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Are DOGE Cuts Making America Healthy?

I mean, as I said, there's really no master list. So what we have come to understand has, again, been this kind of weird crowdsourcing process. Whole centers at CDC were eliminated. Violence prevention, tobacco smoke, reproductive health, HIV prevention, workplace safety, including services for coal miners who get black lung disease. At FDA, food safety labs were hit.

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Are DOGE Cuts Making America Healthy?

The agency warned that it had to stop doing some routine quality control tests. The travel teams that send inspectors around the world were cut, throttling international inspections. So we here in America import a lot of food and medications, things that we consume. They're made in countries that are not always doing their own inspections.

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Are DOGE Cuts Making America Healthy?

The agency warned that it had to stop doing some routine quality control tests. The travel teams that send inspectors around the world were cut, throttling international inspections. So we here in America import a lot of food and medications, things that we consume. They're made in countries that are not always doing their own inspections.

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Are DOGE Cuts Making America Healthy?

The agency warned that it had to stop doing some routine quality control tests. The travel teams that send inspectors around the world were cut, throttling international inspections. So we here in America import a lot of food and medications, things that we consume. They're made in countries that are not always doing their own inspections.

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Are DOGE Cuts Making America Healthy?

So sometimes American regulators are the only people doing these inspections. And a lot of that has slowed down. What about other parts of HHS? Well, there's also the human services part. So there were cuts to the agency that helps elderly and disabled people live at home, supports for programs like Meals on Wheels and LIHEAP, which helps low income people pay their heating bills.

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Are DOGE Cuts Making America Healthy?

So sometimes American regulators are the only people doing these inspections. And a lot of that has slowed down. What about other parts of HHS? Well, there's also the human services part. So there were cuts to the agency that helps elderly and disabled people live at home, supports for programs like Meals on Wheels and LIHEAP, which helps low income people pay their heating bills.

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Are DOGE Cuts Making America Healthy?

So sometimes American regulators are the only people doing these inspections. And a lot of that has slowed down. What about other parts of HHS? Well, there's also the human services part. So there were cuts to the agency that helps elderly and disabled people live at home, supports for programs like Meals on Wheels and LIHEAP, which helps low income people pay their heating bills.

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Are DOGE Cuts Making America Healthy?

I should also point out that Billions of dollars have been cut in grants to state and local health departments. So the federal government's being sued over that.

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Are DOGE Cuts Making America Healthy?

I should also point out that Billions of dollars have been cut in grants to state and local health departments. So the federal government's being sued over that.

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Are DOGE Cuts Making America Healthy?

I should also point out that Billions of dollars have been cut in grants to state and local health departments. So the federal government's being sued over that.

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Are DOGE Cuts Making America Healthy?

But in the meantime, some of these public health departments like the one in Nashville, Tennessee and Harris County, Texas, are warning that they have had to scale back tracking disease outbreaks, including the measles outbreak that began in West Texas.

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Are DOGE Cuts Making America Healthy?

But in the meantime, some of these public health departments like the one in Nashville, Tennessee and Harris County, Texas, are warning that they have had to scale back tracking disease outbreaks, including the measles outbreak that began in West Texas.

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Are DOGE Cuts Making America Healthy?

But in the meantime, some of these public health departments like the one in Nashville, Tennessee and Harris County, Texas, are warning that they have had to scale back tracking disease outbreaks, including the measles outbreak that began in West Texas.

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Are DOGE Cuts Making America Healthy?

I think we have yet to see exactly how this is going to play out. And one reason for that is that some of these cuts haven't fully taken effect yet. Why? So the people who were fired on April 1st don't officially lose their jobs until June 2nd. Most people are at administrative leave, but some are actually working right now and kind of keeping wheels turning. Oh.

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Are DOGE Cuts Making America Healthy?

I think we have yet to see exactly how this is going to play out. And one reason for that is that some of these cuts haven't fully taken effect yet. Why? So the people who were fired on April 1st don't officially lose their jobs until June 2nd. Most people are at administrative leave, but some are actually working right now and kind of keeping wheels turning. Oh.

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Are DOGE Cuts Making America Healthy?

I think we have yet to see exactly how this is going to play out. And one reason for that is that some of these cuts haven't fully taken effect yet. Why? So the people who were fired on April 1st don't officially lose their jobs until June 2nd. Most people are at administrative leave, but some are actually working right now and kind of keeping wheels turning. Oh.

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Are DOGE Cuts Making America Healthy?

That means that some things are still functioning for now, but not for long. Okay. So here's an example. Food safety. Okay. You know when you hear about, be careful, there's salmonella. It's on the onions. Or the broccoli.

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Are DOGE Cuts Making America Healthy?

That means that some things are still functioning for now, but not for long. Okay. So here's an example. Food safety. Okay. You know when you hear about, be careful, there's salmonella. It's on the onions. Or the broccoli.

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Are DOGE Cuts Making America Healthy?

That means that some things are still functioning for now, but not for long. Okay. So here's an example. Food safety. Okay. You know when you hear about, be careful, there's salmonella. It's on the onions. Or the broccoli.

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Are DOGE Cuts Making America Healthy?

Or the spinach. Exactly. And it's being sold in these stores. And if you bought it between these dates, justβ€” Throw it out. Yeah. So the labs that analyze those samples looking for those pathogens are really stretched right now. Mm-hmm. I talked to one scientist who says they're having trouble ordering supplies in a timely way so they can run experiments.