RFK Jr. purges CDC and FDA's public records teams, despite "transparency" promises
It is unclear what will happen to hundreds of pending requests for public information as the health agencies slash staff.
Trump administration starts mass layoffs at health agencies
The cuts are part of a plan by President Donald Trump and billionaire ally Elon Musk to shrink staffing levels in federal ...
‘A huge impact on worker safety’: Protection for miners, firefighters in jeopardy after CDC cuts
Anyone in the US who’s depended on a respirator to provide protection against dust, smoke, mold or airborne viruses has ...
Mass layoffs hit workers at HHS; sweeping cuts extend to CDC, NIH, FDA: Recap
Layoffs of 10,000 Health and Human Services employees begin. Agencies devoted to seniors, minorities and HIV prevention ...
Invasive strep infections have more than doubled in the U.S., CDC study finds
Severe, possibly life-threatening strep infections are rising in the United States. The number of invasive group A strep ...
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Trump Administration to Cut 10,000 Health and Human Services Jobs
The FDA and CDC, divisions of the HHS, are expected to lose as much as 1 in 5 employees in new cuts overseen by RFK Jr.
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Mass firings begin at government health agencies, including FDA, CDC and NIH
The Trump Administration began terminating thousands of staff and purging some of the top leaders at the Department of Health ...
Trump administration cuts FDA staff handling bird flu outbreaks
Federal regulators were responsible for recalling pet food contaminated with bird flu, which killed household cats.
How Trump’s CDC Purge Will Affect Reproductive Health: ‘Women Will Die’
CDC staffers and medical experts sound the alarm on how gutting the federal health agencies will put women’s lives at risk ...
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Trump administration to shrink federal health agencies by 20,000 employees
Kennedy will cut 3,500 jobs from the Food and Drug Administration ... inspectors," the fact sheet says of the FDA changes. At the CDC, the department says the workforce will decline by around ...
The impact of mass layoffs at HHS: What does it mean for new drugs, food safety?
In every corner of the FDA, and at sister health agencies like the CDC, support staff, specialists, and scientists were hit ...
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Mass layoffs hit workers at HHS; sweeping cuts extend to CDC, NIH, FDA: Recap
Cuts to the CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health ... The Trump administration has fired Food and Drug Administration employees responsible for the federal response to the ongoing bird flu ...