US EditionLayoffs Begin at Federal Health Agencies, Up to 10,000 Expected to Be Cut
- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services plans to lay off up to 10,000 employees as part of a major overhaul, beginning with notices sent on Tuesday. This change is part of President Donald Trump's initiative for government efficiency.
- The closure of the San Francisco regional office will affect over 300 staff members who manage Medicare, Medicaid, and indigenous services.
- California Attorney General Rob Bonta is leading a lawsuit against the Trump administration over these budget cuts, arguing they jeopardize public health efforts and services for vulnerable communities.
- Nearly 2,000 scientists have warned about the detrimental effects on research and public health, stating that 'the nation's scientific enterprise is being decimated.
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Trump’s Next Target: Poverty-Stricken Kids
(Shutterstock)AS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION has hacked away at the Department of Health and Human Services these past few weeks, most of the attention has focused on the cuts applied to high-profile agencies like the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.But HHS is huge, containing multitudes of other agencies, offices, and programs, both obscure and well known. Among these are two big child-care programs…
How Health Agency Cuts Could Impact Americans - Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien
Several agencies under the Department of Health and Human Services are facing job cuts by the Trump administration. These cuts could result in thousands of layoffs at agencies responsible for health and food safety in America. Dr. Ashish Jha is the dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health and the former White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator. […]
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Mass layoffs begin at HHS Department
Employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services Department began receiving notices of dismissal Tuesday in an overhaul ultimately expected to lay off up to 10,000 people.
How Health Agency Cuts Could Impact Americans
Several agencies under the Department of Health and Human Services are facing job cuts by the Trump administration. These cuts could result in thousands of layoffs at agencies responsible for health and food safety in America. Dr. Ashish Jha is the dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health and the former White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator. He joins Soledad O’Brien to explain how this move could have a negative impact on the ov…
Stephanie Grace: It's past time to focus on the dignity of government work
We’ve all heard the language those backing the ongoing, reckless purge of the federal workforce are using to justify their actions: Government employees are nothing but bureaucrats, or worse, deep-state saboteurs of the politicians who trash them. Government is rife…
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