The shutdown itself is not about health policies. It's the result of differences of opinion between the administration and congressional Democrats regarding Trump's so-called border wall. (Image: Shutterstock)

There seems to be no end in sight for the current partial government shutdown, the third since the beginning of the Trump administration.

For the vast majority of the federal government's public health efforts, though, it's business as usual.

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