OAN Staff James Meyers
1:54 PM – Wednesday, March 26, 2025
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is pulling COVID-19 funding for health departments across the country.
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on Tuesday that they are cutting back $11.4 billion in funds from state and community health departments, non government organizations, and international recipients.
“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,” HHS Director of Communications Andrew Nixon said in a statement. “HHS is prioritizing funding projects that will deliver on President Trump’s mandate to address our chronic disease epidemic and Make America Healthy Again.”
HHS currently oversees 13 agencies, including the CDC, which has the role of protecting the health of Americans. Notices began surfacing Monday, and awardees have 30 days to reconcile their expenditures.
The latest cuts come after other cuts already have taken place under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. This includes the cancellation of hundreds of millions of dollars in grants for research into vaccine hesitancy, LGBTQ people and supporting HIV prevention.
“Now that the pandemic is over, the grants and cooperative agreements are no longer necessary as their limited purpose has run out,” read notices of termination sent to grantees Monday and shared with NBC News.
According to NBC News, the funds were used for COVID-19 testing and vaccination, and to support community health workers. The funds also supported global COVID-19 projects.
According to the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) website, HHS also canceled $877 million in grants to the Texas Department of Health and $482 million to Florida’s Department of Health.
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