DOGE lays off 3,600 probationary HHS employees – but retains 4,000
The Department of Government Efficiency has terminated employment for 3,600 probationary Health and Human Services employees, ...
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US Senate Confirms RFK Jr to Run HHS
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, will lead the nation’s largest health and human services agency after today’s US Senate vote. Many ...
Trump officials defend HHS cuts as more methodical than the slashing at other agencies
The administration’s Friday night message comes as a sharp departure from the approach that Trump and DOGE have taken to cuts ...
Here are the agencies purging federal workers
In the latest federal shakeup, the Trump administration ordered the heads of several agencies across the government to start firing employees who were still within their probationary period — or ...
RFK’s ‘mom army’ has landed on the shores of the political world
For decades, mothers (and all parents) in our country felt that they did not have a true champion by their side in government ...
What’s ahead for Eli Lilly and Novo as RFK Jr. takes over HHS
Obesity drugmakers Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) and Novo Nordisk (NVO) have found themselves in two contrasting positions as Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a leading critic of weight loss drugs, takes the helm of the ...
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“I am not leaving my patients”: What it’s like to treat trans kids under Trump
A Nebraska doctor on Trump's new barriers—and old lies—around gender-affirming care. This article first appeared on Mother ...
COVID indicators spiking in local area
The number of new cases of COVID-19 in Delta County bucked a multi-year trend last week by spiking rather than continuing the seasonal free fall seen in past years. According to the Michigan ...