Produced by KQED

Prop. 8 in Federal Court

Does Proposition 8 violate the U.S. Constitution? We're at the trial with ongoing coverage on the radio and on our blog.

About Health Dialogues

Health Dialogues is a special series from KQED's "The California Report" that facilitates an ongoing discussion of California health care issues that are important to the underserved: children, low-income residents, minorities, and people with disabilities to name just a few.

Underwritten by a grant from
The California Endowment

Partner Station Coverage

Health coverage from our Health Dialogues partner stations across California.

Also From California Report

image

Examining how California is responding to climate change.

image

An inside look into the people and politics of state government.

« Return to Health Dialogues episode for Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Impact of State Budget Cuts on Labs and Public Health Nurses

Along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, state and county public health departments are responsible for containing swine flu. But the aggressive response to the outbreak has taxed county health departments in California, especially the network of public health labs. As that network is stretched thin, lab directors say that's a result of years of underfunding and stringent federal regulations. Sarah Varney reports.

Get the Flash Player to see this player.

Download audio (MP3)

 

Sponsored by

Sponsored by

Subscribe to Health Dialogues

Subscribe

Subscribe to our podcast and have every episode of Health Dialogues automatically delivered to you.

Enter your email address to get our podcast via email:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Newsletter

Newsletters

Find out what's coming up on Health Dialogues. Sign up for our newsletter, and we'll send you an email.