TY - JOUR T1 - Biden budget proposes big boosts for US public health infrastructure: FY 2022 outlook JF - The Nation's Health JO - Nations Health SP - 1 LP - 6 VL - 51 IS - 4 AU - Kim Krisberg Y1 - 2021/06/01 UR - http://www.thenationshealth.org/content/51/4/1.3.abstract N2 - Graphic by Aaron Warnick. Images are for illustrative purposes and are not to scale.The nation’s public health system will get significant, sorely needed funding bumps if recommendations in President Joe Biden’s budget proposal are accepted by Congress.In April, the White House Office of Management and Budget released Biden’s discretionary federal budget request for fiscal year 2022, calling for a $1.6 billion increase for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If approved, the request would bring CDC’s overall funding to $8.7 billion and represent the largest increase in the agency’s budget in nearly 20 years. The president’s budget also calls for substantial funding increases to address a number of public health priorities, including gun violence, maternal mortality, health disparities, opioid addiction and climate change.According to the budget document, the additional CDC funds would be used to improve core public health capacities in states and territories, modernize public health data systems, train new epidemiologists and other public health workers, and build global capacity to respond to future health threats. Overall, Biden’s budget proposal requests $131.7 billion in discretionary funding for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, representing a more than 23% boost from fiscal year 2021 levels.“This is a really critical and long-overdue investment for CDC, especially when we’ve just seen first hand what happens when we underinvest in public health,” said Erin Will Morton, MA, executive director of the Coalition for Health Funding, which includes APHA. “This is a step in the right direction. But, hopefully, it’s just the first … ER -