California is joining 13 other states to create an alliance aimed at coordinating public health, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday in a direct rebuke of the Trump administration and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s dramatic overhaul of the nation’s public health systems.

The move comes as public health experts grow increasingly concerned about Kennedy’s transformation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where he’s fired top officials , slashed research funding , changed vaccine recommendations and gutted the leadership of a key federal immunization committee and replaced them with novices.

Newsom also noted the deep health care cuts President Trump and congressional Republicans have made this year in announcing the new alliance.

“The American people

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