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Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.
President Biden’s fiscal 2022 discretionary federal budget proposal, released on Friday, includes $131.7 billion for the Health and Human Services Department, which is 23.5% more than the department received for fiscal 2021. “COVID-19 shed light on how health inequities and lack of federal funding left communities vulnerable to crises,” said HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra in a statement. “The president’s funding request invests in America, addresses racial disparities in health care, tackles the opioid crisis, and puts us on a better footing to take on the next public health crisis.” Public health and equity are key focuses of the proposal overall. Here are some of the other recent headlines you might have missed.