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Hundreds of employees wait in line wrapped around the outside of the Health and Human Services headquarters building, Tuesday morning, April 1, 2025 in Washington.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is finally getting his wish of sucker punching the federal health agencies.
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Cantor Fitzgerald analysts renewed their criticism of U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday, saying the layoffs at the Food and Drug Administration pose a risk to public safety and ...

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Mass layoffs are underway at the nation’s public health agencies
Employees across the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have begun receiving notices of dismissal in a major overhaul expected to ultimately lay off up to 10,000 people.
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US health department says it may ask fired staff to keep working
Thousands of employees fired this week from the Department of Health and Human Services and the public health agencies it oversees may be asked to temporarily continue working for two months, the department said on Thursday.
RFK Jr. remains quiet on 10,000 jobs lost at the nation’s top health department
Kennedy’s silence is prompting questions from lawmakers, with a bipartisan request for the health secretary to appear before a Senate committee next week to explain the cuts.
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Mass General Brigham said layoffs would largely spare front-line clinicians. Then the cuts came.
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Thousands of employees fired amid mass layoffs at HHS
Thousands of employees of the Department of Health and Human Services were terminated Tuesday as the Trump administration continues to shrink the size of the federal government.
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Mass layoffs hit workers at HHS; sweeping cuts extend to CDC, NIH, FDA: Recap
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