The HHS is withdrawing $11.4 billion in COVID-19 related funding, stating the pandemic is over. This funding was crucial for testing, vaccination, and supporting health initiatives for underserved populations. HHS aims to redirect resources toward chronic disease management. Despite the funding cuts, officials acknowledge that over 92,000 deaths from COVID-19 have occurred in the US since the end of the public health emergency was declared in May 2023. Local health departments are assessing the implications of this funding withdrawal on their operations.
The COVID-19 pandemic is over, and HHS will no longer waste billions of taxpayer dollars responding to a non-existent pandemic that Americans moved on from years ago.
State health departments told NBC News that they're still evaluating the impact of the withdrawn funding.
The funds were largely used for COVID-19 testing and vaccination, and to support community health workers and initiatives that address pandemic health disparities.
Since the public health emergency for COVID-19 was declared over in the US on May 11, 2023, over 92,000 Americans died from the pandemic virus.
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