Confusion remains after Trump administration abruptly halts public health funding to cities and states

(CNN) As public health departments across the country prepared for a massive winter storm this weekend, notice landed in their inboxes that pivotal grant funding from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was paused. No more money could be spent.

Within hours, a US Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson confirmed to CNN that the pause had been lifted, although grant recipients said they had yet to get an update from HHS.

“It’s just more chaos, more uncertainty,” said Dr. Phil Huang, director of Dallas County Health and Human Services in Texas. “It just interferes with our ability to provide these public health services to our community.”

No grants were terminated, according to HHS.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/24/health/cdc-grant-pause-reversal