Attorney GeneralNeronha released the following statement after a Rhode Island court granted apreliminary injunction filed by his office and a coalition of 22 otherattorneys general to stop the abrupt and illegal termination of nearly $11billion in critical public health grants to the states. “If we don’t have ourhealth, we don’t have anything, and that’s why today’s preliminary injunctionis such a critical win. Earlier this week, Secretary Kennedy told Congress thatdoesn’t think people should take medical advice from him, and yet by overseeingan attempt to eliminate billions in critical funding for essential publichealth initiatives, American people will live and die by his decisions. I amgrateful that this funding, which focuses on childhood vaccination andimmunization, health disparities among high-risk and underserved populations,and laboratory testing capacity, among other initiatives, will again beavailable to our states.” – AG Neronha