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Administration expands OUD medication access while defunding SAMHSA and restricting harm reduction.

Clade I mpox emergence reveals structural collapse in U.S. disease surveillance and public health response infrastructure.

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy's legacy demonstrates solidarity's power in building healthcare justice and community leadership.

RFK Jr's dismantling of CDC scientific leadership replaces expertise with anti-vaccine ideology and predetermined policy conclusions.

RFK Jr's Administration for a Healthy America proposes to dismantle infectious disease capacity while emphasizing unproven chronic disease theories.

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria threaten basic medical procedures while drug development incentives prove inadequate for innovation.

Deteriorating public health surveillance capacity creates blind spots for emerging disease threats and health disparities.

Declining vaccination rates and policy challenges create vulnerability to vaccine-preventable diseases and epidemic risk.

Convergence of influenza, avian flu, and tuberculosis threats reveals inadequate pandemic preparedness and disease response capacity.

Elimination of health equity research funding undermines evidence base for addressing healthcare disparities and structural inequalities.

Elimination of surveillance funding creates blind spots in disease tracking and health equity measurement.

Proposed Medicaid cuts and work requirements threaten coverage for millions including people living with HIV.

Partisan political battles threaten essential public health programs and HIV funding.

Medicaid disenrollment during pandemic unwinding and impacts on vulnerable populations.

Mpox emergency response analysis and lessons for future equitable public health crises.

Medicaid unwinding: 74% of 5.5M disenrollments due to procedural errors, not ineligibility.

SAMHSA releases Harm Reduction Framework for federal substance use programming and community approaches.

Opioid settlement funds allocation overview: oversight and community impact considerations.

Mid-year policy update covering Medicaid unwinding, ACA preventive care, and public health funding.

2022-2023 respiratory season tracking flu, COVID-19, and RSV with severe early indicators.