Budget Cuts To Cdc
In early February, OMB issued a directive (the 'Targeting Directive') commanding agencies to cut funding to Plaintiff States, starting with more than $600 million in CDC public-health funding. WASHINGTON (Sept. 10, 2025) A new report by George Washington University researchers finds that proposed Fiscal Year 2026 budget cuts to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, if enacted, would endanger public health and undermine state and local economies.
More than a dozen data-gathering programs that track deaths and disease appear to have been eliminated in the tornado of layoffs and proposed budget cuts in the Trump administrations first 100 days. Proposed funding cuts to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the fiscal year 2026 federal budget will lead to significant negative health impacts for millions of Americans, a coalition of former federal health officials said. The Presidents proposed FY 2026 budget for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) amounts to a 53 percent reduction in funding as compared to FY 2024.
Budget cuts to the CDC threaten disease surveillance, outbreak response, and public health programs, increasing risks from measles, avian flu, and future pandemics while straining health care infrastructure nationwide. Learn how the Administrations FY27 budget proposal impact public health funding in this Legislative Alert. Over 100 public health programs and funding lines would be eliminated under the Presidents proposed FY 2026 budget, including 61 programs at CDC and 40 programs at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
What are some of the proposed cuts in the Trump administrations fiscal year 2027 budget? CDCs HIV prevention program would move to AHA, but that proposed agencys justification suggests it will only retain $220 million of the previous budget a cut of $793 million, triggering advocacy groups to sound loud alarm bells. Other cuts would come from eliminating programs focused on chronic diseases, injuries, and birth defects.
