Zika Virus Exposes Weaknesses in Public Health

February 23, 2016
by Mike Ollove
Stateline

States to varying degrees have cut back spending on public health since the onset of the Great Recession in 2007. Overall state spending on public health fell by $1.3 billion between 2008 and 2014, two health research organizations — the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation — reported last year.

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