HHS announced in a statement last week its plan to down-size from 82,000 to 62,000 full-time employees “without impacting critical services.” The additional 10,000 cuts came from employees who had already opted to quit or voluntarily resign after President Donald Trump took office.

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.

Job cuts affected the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — at all levels of seniority.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to announce 10,000 employees will be cut, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday—the latest round of layoffs in the Trump administration’s push to slash the size of the federal workforce.

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.

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.

Employees across the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have begun receiving notices of dismissal in a major overhaul expected to ultimately lay off up to 10,000 people.

Mass layoffs across the US Department of Health (HHS) could have “dangerous” effects on the prevention of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), not-for-profit groups have warned. More than 10,

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.