SEATTLE — On a press call hosted by Sen. Patty Murray Friday morning, a representative with Public Health – Seattle & King County revealed that multiple of the agency’s grants were abruptly terminated this week amid the fallout of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s cuts to the federal Health & Human Services Department.
An announcement came on Thursday that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would restructure the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the near future, starting with 10,000 layoffs and the shuttering of entire agencies. RFK Jr. promised to do “more with less.”
Already, $11 billion in public health funding has been revoked for cities and counties, including grants right here in Washington…