FDA lays off bird flu leadership, among steep cuts to senior veterinarians
The top veterinarians overseeing the bird flu response at the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Veterinary Medicine ...
RFK Jr. exiles top federal health leaders, including Fauci's replacement
Top federal health leaders across the Department of Health and Human Services were effectively ousted Tuesday from their ...
Hundreds of Minnesota Department of Health employees laid off, services cut
The reduction is expected to have wide-reaching consequences for the state's public health efforts, according to MDH Commissioner Dr. Brooke Cunningham.
Layoffs start at federal health agencies that deal with drugs, food, insurance and more
Employees of the massive U.S. Department of Health and Human Services began getting dismissal notices in a major overhaul expected to ultimately lay off up to 10,000 people​.
RFK Jr. purges CDC and FDA's public records teams, despite "transparency" promises
It is unclear what will happen to hundreds of pending requests for public information as the health agencies slash staff.
Trump administration sued by 23 states, D.C. over HHS cutting $11 billion in public health funding
A coalition of 23 states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration Tuesday over $11 billion in cuts to ...
RFK Jr.'s layoffs expected to gut worker safety agency NIOSH, officials say
At least two-thirds of the staff at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, or NIOSH, are expected to be ...
LA County supervisors votes to create massive new homelessness department
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to create a new county department for regional homeless services, ...
Trump administration to shrink federal health agencies by 20,000 employees
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy will cut 3,500 jobs from the Food and Drug Administration and 2,400 ...
RFK Jr. to gut vaccine promotion and HIV prevention office, sources say
Much of the federal government's efforts to buoy lagging childhood vaccination rates have been run through the Office of ...
Maryland Senate OKs budget to address a $3B deficit with concerns about Trump administration cuts
The Maryland Senate passed budget measures on Tuesday to address a deficit of more than $3 billion with tax increases and ...
South Carolina's attempt to strip Planned Parenthood of Medicaid funding faces Supreme Court
South Carolina in 2018 moved to terminate a Planned Parenthood affiliate's participation in its state Medicaid program.