The Trump administration has begun sending termination notices to thousands of employees at federal health agencies, including HHS, FDA, and CDC. The Department of Health and Human Services plans to dismiss about 10,000 workers, adding to earlier losses from retirements and other departures. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. states these layoffs aim to reduce bureaucratic sprawl and realign with core missions. However, experts like Dr. Ashish Jha voice concerns that these cuts could jeopardize public health efforts and biomedical research, leading to increased health risks and disease outbreaks.
"We've never seen anything like this before... I’m worried that what we’re going to see is more people getting sick, more disease outbreaks and infrastructure that is going to be less and less capable of responding to those threats."
"We are realigning the organization with its core mission and our new priorities in reversing the chronic disease epidemic," said HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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