The US government’s shutdown is shaking the nation at a time when public health staffing has already been reduced, the threat of disease outbreaks looms, and both the respiratory virus season and hurricane season are upon us.

Calling a new state law the “largest incursion into local home rule authority” in Florida’s modern history, 23 cities and two counties sue to block.

On Wednesday morning, the federal government shut down after the U.S. Senate was unable to come to agreement about funding legislation.