Impact of CDC Layoffs: How Budget Cuts Threaten Black Americans' Health

ATLANTA — Experts caution that recent layoffs at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could severely impact Black Americans' health. Over 20% of the CDC's workforce has been cut, jeopardizing disease monitoring and emergency responses. Delmonte Jefferson of The Center for Black Health & Equity emphasized, “Public health, as we know it, is gone.” John Galang, MD, warns that vital expertise is lost, potentially leading to increased chronic disease rates and health disparities among marginalized communities. The cuts raise critical concerns for the nation's public health future.