The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is eliminating 1,300 probationary workers as part of an unprecedented cutting of jobs across the federal government. | The federal government is laying off thousands of health agency workers and others this week.

Department of Health and Human Services officials expected most of the agency’s roughly 5,200 probationary employees to be fired

The Trump administration is set to eliminate thousands of federal health care jobs Friday, targeting employees across public health and science agencies who were hired in the past one to two years. Senior officials were informed in meetings Friday morning that roughly 5,

Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he has a “generic list” of people he wants removed from his department. “I have a list in my

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, will lead the nation’s largest health and human services agency after today’s US Senate vote. Many physicians and public health experts opposed the controversial nominee over Kennedy’s history of spreading misinformation about vaccines,

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a prominent vaccine critic, was confirmed Thursday by the U.S. Senate in a 52-48 vote to serve as the nation’s top health official.