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The CDC chronic disease unit will fold, despite MAHA’s focus

The HHS budget for 2026, released Friday, proposed $14 billion in discretionary funding for programs that aim to reverse the chronic disease epidemic. This makes sense, given the agency leadership’s focus on eradicating chronic disease. But the budget also proposes abolishing the CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, instead folding it into the Administration for a Healthy America, a new entity that will also bring other centers under its umbrella.

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