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FDA guts division that trains staff and health-care professionals on key practices like opioid safety, avoiding drug errors
The Food and Drug Administration has gutted a division responsible for training agency staff and outside health-care ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
The Trump Administration Just Gutted U.S. Health Institutions. What Will That Mean for Americans?
E mployees of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) knew that mass layoffs would be coming on April 1. But ...
Layoffs begin at US health agencies charged with tracking disease, researching, and regulating food
Employees across the massive US Department of Health and Human Services began receiving notices of dismissal Tuesday.
Kennedy Accuses F.D.A. of Drug Industry Influence That Barred Alternative Remedies
The nation’s health secretary addressed agency employees, asking them to shed any corporate influence. But he did not address ...
What does Health and Human Services do?
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is undergoing a dramatic restructuring under Secretary Robert F.
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Taking a Chainsaw to Health and Human Services
DOGE strikes again. Even when its fingerprints aren’t on the firings, its mantra that slashing the federal workforce is the ...
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Health department layoffs mean that data on drug use and mental health could sit unused
A 50-year-old government survey on drug use ... on Drug Use and Health received layoff notices Tuesday, as part of the overhaul of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Massive cuts to Health and Human Services’ workforce signal a dramatic shift in US health policy
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vision for US health policy prioritizes deregulation and leaves Americans with ...
Mass Layoffs Begin at Health Department Agencies That Track Disease Outbreaks and Regulate Food
The Department of Health and Human Services building in Washington ... the new director of the National Institutes of Health ...