The federal health department sidestepped normal procedures as it laid off 10,000 employees, according to sources. One union ...

Shortly after 10 a.m. Tuesday, as the breadth of the layoffs was still sinking in, the HHS account on X posted a photo of Makary and National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya with ...

The notices came just days after President Trump moved to strip workers of their collective bargaining rights at HHS and other agencies.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said a restructure is needed at HHS due to Americans "getting sicker." But are they? Here's what the ...

The cuts are expected to have far-reaching impacts on public health Employees at the Department of Health and Human Services began to receive notices of mass layoffs on Tuesday, days after HHS ...

The layoffs are expected to shrink HHS to 62,000 positions, lopping off nearly a quarter of its staff — 10,000 jobs through layoffs and another 10,000 workers who took early retirement and ...

Mass layoffs began Tuesday at the Centers for Disease ... including those addressing HIV, argued the latest HHS cuts will make the country less safe from infectious and chronic diseases.

An attached memo described the layoffs as part of the HHS’ efforts to improve efficiency. “This RIF is necessary to reshape the workforce of HHS,” the memo said. Unionized HHS employees also ...

Some of the layoffs will be to compensate for those rehired after the first wave. Meanwhile, Politico reports on how HHS had no intention of rehiring 20% of the departments' fired employees, as ...