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Critics of the cuts warn they will jeopardize the country's ability to respond to health emergencies and ongoing disease threats.
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Three employees — two of whom received layoff notices on Tuesday — told Capital B Atlanta that the CDC’s labor force reductions in Atlanta were concentrated in areas of health study that have an outsi...
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“The first time I saw him, I said you look like you ate Governor Morrisey,” Kennedy told a laughing crowd.

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested Thursday that around 20% of the job cuts by the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency will be wrong and need to be corrected.
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What RFK Jr. Gets Wrong About the Past
Kennedy Jr. fat-shamed the state’s governor, Patrick Morrisey. “The first time I saw him, I said you look like you ate Governor Morrisey,” Kennedy told a laughing crowd. Morrisey has apparently invited Kennedy to be his personal trainer.
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Kennedy remains quiet on 10,000 jobs lost at the nation’s top health department
Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has offered no new details about how his massive restructuring of the nation’s health department will improve Americans’ health, a day after thousands of layoffs ricocheted through its agencies.
City loses federal help for MPS lead contamination probe after mass layoffs announced by RFK Jr.
CDC employees helping the city investigate lead poisoning at MPS buildings were swept up in mass federal layoffs announced by Robert Kennedy Jr.
FDA bird flu testing efforts disrupted by RFK Jr.'s layoffs, officials say
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RFK Jr is axing 10,000 employees at Health Department in dramatic restructuring
Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr is directing his Department of Health and Human Services to ax 10,000 employees across several agencies as part of the White House’s “reduction in force” plan ...
RFK Jr. remains quiet on 10,000 jobs lost at the nation’s top health department
Kennedy’s silence is prompting questions from lawmakers, with a bipartisan request for the health secretary to appear before a Senate committee next week to explain the cuts.
RFK Jr. cuts CDC labs investigating outbreaks of STDs and hepatitis
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has eliminated the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's laboratories for sexually transmitted diseases and hepatitis, multiple officials tell CBS News, disrupting ongoing work to respond to outbreaks.
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RFK Jr's 'Mess' With Health Department's Lack of Urgency is Irritating the White House: Report
President Donald Trump's White House is reportedly frustrated with the lack of urgency from RFK Jr.'s health department, and poor relations with the media.
RFK Jr.‘s bloodbath at HHS: Blowback grows as losses become clearer
The downsizing includes pushing out about 10,000 full-time employees through early retirements, deferred resignations, and other efforts. Another 10,000 will be laid off in a brutal restructuring, bringing the total HHS workforce from 82,000 to 62,000.
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