Dismantling CDC’s chronic disease center ‘looks pretty devastating’ to public health experts
HHS plans to fold the CDC's chronic disease center into the new Administration for a Healthy America. Experts fear for coordination with local health departments, among other things.
Chronic disease isn’t going away, but a national center devoted to its prevention may be, a prospect that is alarming agency insiders and public health officials across the country.
The Department of Health and Human Services’ budget for 2026, released Friday, proposed $14 billion in discretionary funding for programs that aim to reverse the chronic disease epidemic, but it would also abolish the CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
