Kennedy remains quiet on 10,000 jobs lost at the nation’s top health department AP News Kennedy Guts Teams That Share Health Information With the Public The New York Times City loses federal help for MPS lead contamination probe after mass layoffs announced by RFK Jr. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Source link
The wide-ranging job cuts at the HHS agencies will slim down the overall workforce from 82,000 to around 62,000 full-time employees. Image credit: Mark Van Scyoc / Shutterstock. Since Trump’s return as president, the Elon Musk-helmed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been making cuts to US Government departments, beginning with the culling of employees […]
Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings has joined a bipartisan coalition of states in filing a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Junior for abruptly and illegally terminating nearly $12-billion in critical public health grants to the states. The coalition is seeking a temporary restraining order to […]
By KATELYN CARALLE, SENIOR U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER IN WASHINGTON, D.C. Published: 09:38 EDT, 1 April 2025 | Updated: 09:38 EDT, 1 April 2025 Firings ensued at the Department of Health and Human Services as employees began receiving notice of their dismissal on Tuesday morning. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced this month his intent […]
Thousands of Health and Human Services (HHS) employees across the country were dismissed on Tuesday as the Trump administration began implementing its controversial workforce reduction plan, which could ultimately remove 10,000 staff from the department through forced layoffs. The job cuts mark the first tangible impact of health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr’s departmental overhaul […]
The former environmental lawyer was propelled to the nation’s highest health office largely by the “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) movement, a play on Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan. As health secretary, Kennedy wants to solve the chronic disease epidemic in the US, which plenty of doctors can get behind. The issue is that […]
US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (C) seen here during a cabinet … More meeting held by US President Donald Trump on March 24, 2025, is reportedly laying off the entire staff of the U.S. government’s Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) […]
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is on a mission to make America healthy again, and he’s tackling the country’s most obese state — and its governor. West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey, R, and Kennedy held a joint event on Friday to announce a ban on certain food dyes. The governor […]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the U.S. Health and Human Services official, made headlines after taking a jab at West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey’s weight during a public event on Friday. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the U.S. Health and Human Services official, made headlines after taking a jab at West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey’s weight during […]
