The city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is bolstering its partnerships with state and regional health agencies in the face of restricted communication with and flagging faith in federal entities under President Donald Trump.

Your Local Epidemiologist New York explains the latest on New York public health, including a measles outbreak in nearby Bergen County, flu levels remaining high, and the reversal of DOGE's attempt to cut funding to an essential 9/11 first responder health program.

The workers' duties included city immunization efforts, tuberculosis research and preparation for public health emergencies, a health department spokesperson said.

Critics say the Trump administrations cuts to CDC staff will negatively affect a health fund for 9/11 first responders.

A lot is unfolding at the national level of public health, including the recent firing of about 1,300 federal health agency employees. We’re still learning about the impacts of the layoffs, but the direct impacts on New Yorkers are minimal.

Several weeks after an unvaccinated child in Bergen County tested positive for measles, health officials now confirm two of the child's family members, who were also unvaccinated, have also contracted the highly infectious disease.

The CDC has restored a $257,000 contract for 9/11-related cancer research after the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, tried to cancel it, officials say.

With fewer agricultural inspectors at ports, the risk of pests infiltrating American crops has risen. Experts warn that foreign markets may refuse US agricultural products if contamination concerns grow.