15 Dem Governors Unite Against Health Sec. RFK Jr.

A group of 15 Democrat governors is forming a new public health alliance to combat federal funding cuts and Health and Human Services Department policies under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The Governors Public Health Alliance will unite state leaders from New York, California, North Carolina, and a dozen other Democrat-led states to coordinate pandemic preparedness, disease tracking, and preventive care initiatives in the face of what they call “assaults on science and medicine coming out of Washington,” The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

“In light of the assaults on science and medicine coming out of Washington, governors have to step up and lead,” New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said, the outlet reported. “We really have no choice.”

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