Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is reportedly planning to dismiss all employees in the Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy amid broader layoffs at HHS aimed at reducing 20,000 positions. This decision has raised concerns about the future of key public health programs, including those combatting HIV and hepatitis. Advocacy leaders warn that these cuts threaten the country's health infrastructure and will ultimately lead to increased infections and medical costs, while questioning the commitment to improve public health that Kennedy has professed.
"Today the Trump administration continued its decimation of our nation's response not only to HIV, but to hepatitis and STIs. With all of these cuts, how are we going to, as Secretary Kennedy repeatedly says, 'Make America Healthy Again'?"
"It will lead to increased infections and medical costs down the road. This was not done to increase government efficiency but was a blatant attack on specific communities and populations."
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