RFK Jr. plans to cut 3,500 jobs at the FDA, as staff is reportedly already struggling with workload

How Kennedy's FDA And CDC Cuts Imperil Your Family's Health

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. swung his meat axe at the Health and Human Services Department on Thursday, leaking plans to the Wall Street Journal that he plans to lay off 10,000 workers or about 12 percent of the department’s workforce.If he follows through on the plan, the largest layoffs will come at the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — the two sub-agencies that drew his greatest ire while running for…

RFK Jr. brings FDA under tighter control with HHS workforce cuts

FDA cuts called 'too big, too fast' are part of a HHS reorganization that gives RFK Jr. more control over the agency, workers anxiously await their fate.

Making HHS Healthy Again: RFK Jr. Cuts Thousands of Jobs, Nukes Multiple Divisions

RFK Jr. plans to cut 3,500 jobs at the FDA, as staff is reportedly already struggling with workload

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Thursday that it plans to eliminate approximately 3,500 positions at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), even as the agency’s staff is reportedly struggling to meet product review deadlines.Read more...

Kennedy Proposes Massive Reorganization, Staff Cuts at HHS

The HHS secretary’s plans would create a new Administration for a Healthy America (AHA) subagency and slash the department’s workforce by 25%, including 3,500 full-time positions at the FDA.

FDA’s policy, communications staff likely to be among agency’s 3,500 staff cuts

HHS’ plans to eliminate almost 20% of the FDA’s staff will likely take a major toll on policy, communications and other administrative staff at the agency, according to agency veterans and other sources. While HHS ...