Health Care

Dem governors form public health alliance

‘We can no longer rely on the information coming out of Washington, D.C.’
The campus of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Democratic governors from more than a dozen states announced Wednesday they are joining forces to address public health threats across state lines, a response to federal health policy changes in the Trump administration.

The Governors Public Health Alliance aims to facilitate data sharing and communication about health threat detection, emergency preparedness and response, and deployment of experts, according to a press release. It would also coordinate public health guidance and policy on issues including vaccine guidelines. 

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