Pandemic highlights cracks in public health funding, infrastructure
Pandemic highlights insufficiencies in public health funding By Jennifer Horton | February 17, 2021 at 7:37 PM CST - Updated February 17 at 8:25 PM
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - The pandemic is prompting a national outcry to bolster public health funding, both on the state and federal level.
The once-in-a-lifetime pandemic continues to reveal funding, or the lack thereof, has played a central role in the strength of the government’s response.
Alabama Public Health Officer Scott Harris admits the agency’s resources 10 years ago would have been better equipped to respond to COVID-19.
“We frankly weren’t prepared for it like we wish we could have been,” Harris acknowledged.
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Alabama bill aims to reduce childrenâs exposure to lead paint
Legislation seeks enforcement of Alabama s lead paint reduction law By Jennifer Horton | February 15, 2021 at 8:29 PM CST - Updated February 15 at 9:42 PM
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Last year, pediatricians across Alabama discovered elevated lead levels in more than 1,000 children. Most cases stemmed from the dust of lead paint in homes built prior to the mid 1970s.
âItâs definitely not a rare occurrence in our clinic,â stated Dr. Elizabeth Dawson, a pediatrician at Charles Henderson Child Health. âYou canât see lead dust, itâs not something that you can just go, âoh there it is, let me clean it upâ. It can be very insidious in how it affects families.â