Justin Gero

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Public health communications professional writing about health, politics, and media: https://contagion.ghost.io/

"Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them." - Frank Herbert, Dune
Book cover of DUNE by Frank Herbert
A Trump administration official confirmed to NPR that sweeping cuts to over $2 billion in funding for mental health and addiction programs are being reversed. The reversal comes after letters about the news went out late Tuesday, sending a shockwave through the U.S.' public health system. Originally, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration was ending grants for roughly 2,000 organizations, which are frontline programs helping some of the most vulnerable people in the country.