Health departments worried about possible cuts

SPRINGFIELD – Local public health departments are worried they're going to be hit with drastic cuts in their state funding right when they'll need money most – to battle a dangerous H1N1 flu pandemic.

The Illinois Association of Public Health Administrators, which represents 80 downstate public health departments, alerted its members Monday that $17 million in local health protection funding appears to be cut from the proposed 2010 state budget.

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