Abrupt cancellations of federal grants causing ‘chaos’ at WA health agencies

Washington stands to lose over $150 million to public health initiatives if the grant cancellations are deemed legal.

SEATTLE — Washington state will lose over $150 million if cuts to the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are allowed to stand. 

Washington Attorney General Nick Brown joined a lawsuit against the cuts on Tuesday, alongside 24 other states that allege the abrupt cancellation of $11 billion in public health funding is illegal. 

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health, announced last week that he planned to remake HHS into a new agency titled the Administration for a Healthy America, vowing to do

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