Federal workforce cuts slice through health agencies
Scores of termination letters went out to federal health agency workers over the long weekend as the Trump administration continues to slash the civil service workforce. Why it matters: The full extent of the cuts won't be known until after the Tuesday night deadline for a mass firing largely carried out by email that's likely to dramatically reshape the government's health workforce.
Here are all the agencies federal workers are being fired from
In the weeks since President Donald Trump has assumed office, more than 200,000 federal workers at a number of agencies have had their roles slashed.
Thousands of probationary federal health agency workers fired by letter this weekend. Here's what it said.
The move comes amid a government-wide effort to cut probationary workers by the Department of Government Efficiency task force led by billionaire Elon Musk.
Federal health agencies restore webpages and datasets following judge’s order
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge John Bates in Washington instructed the government to restore access to several webpages and datasets that the group identified as missing from websites and to identify others that also were taken down “without adequate notice or reasoned explanation.”
Judge orders health agencies to restore data scrubbed by Trump administration
A judge ordered federal health agencies Tuesday to restore online datasets taken down after President Trump issued an executive order prohibiting the government from promoting “gender
Hundreds Rally Against Firing of Federal Workers, Emphasizing Threats to Public Health
Hundreds of current and former federal employees rallied Wednesday outside the Department of Health and Human Services headquarters, protesting recent firings and their effect on public health, and directing much of their ire at Elon Musk and his agency's efforts to cut spending.
U.S. health agencies hit with mass layoffs by Trump administration
The Trump administration carried out more mass firings across the Health and Human Services Department this weekend. Politico's Adam Cancryn discusses.
CDC's "disease detectives" apparently spared in DOGE cuts at health agencies
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Epidemic Intelligence Service officers — a group known as the CDC's "disease ...
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Trump Guts Health Agencies in “Valentine’s Day Massacre”
After a mid-air crash in January between a passenger plane and a U.S. military Black Hawk helicopter over Reagan ...
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Drug inspectors, AI experts, maternal health workers: Trump’s health agency cuts are far-reaching
In interview after interview with STAT, those who were fired from federal health and science agencies, along with officials who remain, argued the cuts would be deeply felt.
Federal employees scramble as some terminations across agencies are rescinded
Following the flurry of federal firings as a part of Trump's mission to decrease the government, hundreds of workers were informed that their terminations were rescinded.
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President’s Day Weekend Firings At Government Agencies Within HHS
Kennedy Jr. warned the public of impending mass firings at the Department of Health and Human Services should President ... go this month across the federal government, all as part of attempts ...
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The health policy cult’s misplaced faith in government
Mainstream policy analysts are convinced that government, and only government, can save us from the monster the U.S. health ...