On April 1, the attorney general and many other officials from 23 states filed a lawsuit against the federal court in Rhode Island. Among them are the New York attorney general Letitia James and the General Attorney Colorado Phil Weiser, as well as Governor Kentucky Andy Beshear, Governor Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro …
The lawsuit sue that public health budget reductions are illegal and the federal government has not given a “reasonable basis” or supports the cuts. Attorney General said this will lead to “serious harm to public health”, causing states “to be higher at risk when the pandemic occurs and increase the spread of diseases.”
The lawsuit requesting the Court to immediately prevent the President of President Donald Trump from canceling the budget that has been allocated by the National Assembly during the pandemic and mainly used for CIVIV-19 efforts such as testing and vaccinations or mental and mental health programs.
Many people show support for the Center for CDC control and prevention in front of the center’s headquarters in Atlanta, March 28, 2025. (Photo AP)
The Ministry of Health and Human Services of the United States, which started to send a notice of firing 10,000 employees on April 1, said they did not comment on the happening lawsuit.
Local and state public health departments are still assessing the impact of damage, although the lawsuit indicates that this cut will cause hundreds of employees to lose their jobs, while weakening efforts to prevent infectious diseases such as influenza and measles.
Health officials in North Carolina estimated that the state was at a risk of 230 million USD damage, causing damage to dozens of local health departments, hospital systems, universities and rural health centers. According to state health officials, at least 80 government jobs and dozens of contractors will be affected.
“There are appropriate measures to improve the use of taxes, but this is not one of them,” said Northern Carolina Jeff Jackson. “It is important to immediately stop the important health care programs throughout the state without legal authority not only wrong, but also to life -threatening.”
More than two dozen research funds related to Covid-19 disease provided by the National Health Institute were canceled after President Donald Trump signed an order to cut the public budget.
Data of the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention in March noted that Covid-19 still takes away the lives of about 411 people per week, although the federal public health emergency has ended.
