Two months on the job, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has plowed forward with mass firings, funding cuts and new policies. The most immediate effect is across state and local health agencies, where officials say they see new cracks in safeguards against diseases.

Guests:

Dr. Phil Huang, director, Dallas County Health and Human Services 

Ryan Jury, acting senior deputy, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Division of Public Health

Chrissie Juliano, executive director, Big Cities Health Coalition

Emily Broad Leib, faculty director, Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic

Dr. Tom Frieden, president and CEO, Resolve to Save Lives; former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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