Hi, Brian Lairer here.

Up next, Brian Lairor Weekend,

three of our favorite segments from the week,

packaged together for you to listen to on the weekend.

So enjoy, and I'll see you back on the radio Monday at 10 a.m.

on WNYC and WNYC.

So we've talked about democracy and authoritarianism at 100 days. Now we turn to our

Health and Climate Tuesdays section. As regular listeners to the show may know, we're covering

health and climate stories on the show every Tuesday and have committed to do that at least for

the first 100 days of the Trump administration. And that's

been so these vital stories don't get lost in the mix of other actions coming out of the

administration that tend to make more headlines. Our tech today will be the chainsaw they've

taken to public health budgets as it might affect people locally. For example, last month, the U.S. Department of

Health and Human Services rescinded hundreds of millions of dollars for public health work

across New York City and New York State. In the city, per se, the health department was

stripped of at least $100 million for infectious disease prevention funds.

So joining us now to discuss how the city has been hit by the Trump administration,

and what this all means for responding to disease outbreaks, vaccine outreach,

and more starting on day 101, is Dr. Michelle Morris, interim commissioner of the New York City Health Department and an

internal medicine and public health physician. Dr. Morris, welcome to WNYC, and, you know, we love to have

health commissioners on this show because that's one of our things. So we've had a lot of your

predecessors and belated congratulations on becoming New York

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