State Rep. Jillian Gilchrest, D-West Hartford, co-chair of the Public Health Committee, called the loss of funding troubling, but said she wouldn’t lose hope in people recognizing the important role that government plays regarding public health.

By Jamil Ragland, CTNewsJunkie.com 

A roundtable discussion on the impact of reductions in federal funding for public health generated plenty of examples Friday.

Connecticut has already seen nearly $150 million in federal public health grants terminated by the Trump administration, and the loss of the funding is already being felt across the state.

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