The irony of it all
In this morning's New York Times, Kevin Sack reports on the sad economic state of state and local health departments. In 2008, local health departments in the US lost 7,000 employess and it is anticipated that at least that many more will be lost in 2009. Given the current crisis with influenza, loss of public health infrastructure is cause for great worry.
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