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Newsweek |
Critics of the cuts warn they will jeopardize the country's ability to respond to health emergencies and ongoing disease threats.
U.S. News & World Report |
Employees across the massive U.S. Department of Health and Human Services began receiving notices of dismissal on Tuesday in a major overhaul expected to ultimately lay off up to 10,000 people.
MarketWatch |
The cuts include researchers, scientists, doctors, support staff and senior leaders, leaving the federal government without many of the key experts who have long guided U.S. decisions on medical rese...

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US Health Agency Begins Mass Layoffs as RFK Jr. Orders 10,000 Jobs Cut
The US Department of Health and Human Services started dismissing workers early Tuesday morning, according to a memo viewed by Bloomberg, carrying out Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s goal to shrink the agency.
Mass Layoffs Begin at RFK Jr's Department of Health
Layoff notices began Tuesday, impacting workers across multiple agencies. The FDA will lose 3,500 jobs, the CDC 2,400, the National Institutes of Health 1,200, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 300, according to figures released by HHS.
RFK Jr. lays off 10,000 HHS staffers
The Trump administration has carried out mass layoffs across the Department of Health and Human Services, aiming to slash around 10,000 full-time jobs from the federal agencies long tasked with regulating food and drugs and overseeing the nation’s public health policies.
Layoffs Begin at US Health Agencies Responsible for Research, Tracking Disease and Regulating Food
Employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services Department have begun receiving notices of dismissal in an overhaul ultimately expected to lay off up to 10,000 people
Trump begins mass layoffs at FDA, CDC, other US health agencies
The Trump administration began mass layoffs of 10,000 staffers at U.S. health agencies on Tuesday, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation, with security guards barring entry to some employees just hours after they received dismissal notices.
Health Department Begins Sweeping Job Cuts
CDC, FDA, NIH are among agencies shedding thousands of workers. Some senior leaders and entire divisions are being cut.
Mass layoffs underway at U.S. public health agencies, including FDA, CDC, NIH
Employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services Department received notices Tuesday that their jobs were being eliminated, part of a sweeping overhaul designed to vastly shrink the agencies responsible for protecting and promoting Americans’ health.
US Senator Cassidy calls on Kennedy to appear before Senate panel over health agency cuts
The U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee will on April 10 hold a hearing on the reorganization of the Department of Health and Human Services, its chairman Senator Bill Cassidy said in a statement.
Mass Layoffs Hit Health Agencies That Track Disease and Regulate Food
The cuts were part of a Trump administration plan announced last week to dismiss thousands of employees and drastically overhaul the Health and Human Services Department under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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HHS starts layoffs of thousands of workers across its agencies
Layoff notices began arriving early Tuesday for thousands of employees of HHS and its subsidiary agencies, with as many 10,000 workers potentially expected to be hit by the cuts.
Thousands of workers at nation’s health agencies brace for mass layoffs
The mass firings are expected after Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. last week announced a massive reorganization of the department of 82,000 workers.
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FDA Commissioner Marty Makary gets off to a bruising start as agency is wracked by layoffs
A national leader in medicine with impeccable credentials, Dr. Makary is imminently qualified to lead the FDA at this important time in the health of our nation,” the email, obtained by STAT, reads. It’s a shaky start for Makary,
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