"Teams that fulfilled requests for government documents lost their jobs on Tuesday as part of the Trump administration's 10,000-person staff cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services. Their work, mandated by Congress since the 1960s under the Freedom of Information Act or FOIA, gives the public a view of the inner workings of federal health agencies."

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/04/03/g-s1-57888/hhs-fda-rfk-foia-public-records

“Sure, any manager can find small savings and improvements, but these kinds of demands are of the size and speed that break down organizations,” he said. “This is not the way to do good for the public or for the public’s health.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/health/cdc-tump-health.html

Mass layoffs of communications staff at #HHS including #CDC. IF You're one of these people and looking for a volunteer project, DM me! https://www.axios.com/2025/04/03/hhs-layoffs-communications-recalls-safety?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioscommunicators&stream=business

#TheGremlinZoo #USPol #CDC #WIPol

From CNN.com: A city responding to a lead crisis in schools reached out to the CDC for help. The agency’s lead experts were just fired

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/02/health/milwaukee-lead-crisis-schools-cdc-cuts?cid=ios_app

C.D.C. Cuts Threaten to Set Back the Nation’s #Health , Critics Say

#Protesters attended a candlelight vigil outside an entrance to the campus of the Centers for #Disease Control and #Prevention in #Atlanta last week.
#cdc #takedown

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/health/cdc-layoffs-kennedy.html

Trump just laid off 10,000 workers at the CDC, FDA, and NIH—during a measles and bird flu outbreak.

“This isn’t belt-tightening. It’s sabotage.”

Our health infrastructure is under attack. If we let this slide, what’s next?

Read more + take action: https://open.substack.com/pub/takeactionnow/p/trump-just-fired-10000-public-health?r=plp0&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Still trying to make figure out what happened in the #HHS universe yesterday? At @statnews.com, we were pedal to the metal rooting out who was being fired and what the potential impacts of this mass and chaotic restructuring of #CDC, #FDA, & #NIH will be. Find our stories here: https://www.statnews.com

Das US-Gesundheitsministerium #HHS hat mit der Entlassung von bis zu 10.000 Mitarbeitenden begonnen.

Das ist etwa ein Viertel der Belegschaft. Besonders betroffen sind #FDA, #CDC und #NIH. Zahlreiche Führungskräfte verloren ihre Posten oder wurden auf #Verwaltungsposten versetzt. Ziel der Maßnahme ist eine Umstrukturierung mit Einsparungen von 1,8 Milliarden Dollar.

https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/hhs-layoffs-start-under-rfk-jr-trump-administration/

Infectious disease doctor Jade Pagkas-Bather of University of Chicago responds to the Trump administration's mass firing of workers in the CDC and HHS:

“We’re going to have patients die. Unnecessary, preventable death.”

#Musk #Trump #DOGE #RFKJr #HHS #CDC #healthcare #medicine #research #science #firings #workers
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https://www.wired.com/story/cdc-gutted-rif/

"One employee warned that NIOSH laid off veterinarians despite the bureau having laboratory animals that need care. #CDC has also eliminated its entire Freedom of Information Act office, despite agencies being required by law to maintain FOIA functions."

https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/04/cancer-researchers-opioid-abuse-analysts-infectious-disease-experts-layoffs-hhs-begin-take-shape/404212/?oref=ge-home-top-story
#USpol #USpolitics #HHS #MAHA #RFKJr #TheRealRFKJr #PublicHealth #kakistocracy

#CDC Measles Outbreak Update, #MMR Vaccine News, #Typhus Disease, and the End of #Flu Season 2025

"AMA's Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses murine typhus and measles outbreaks in the U.S., the latest measles vaccination rates, as well as current COVID-19 and seasonal flu going around. #AmericanMedicalAssociation CXO Todd Unger hosts."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU-jMNALtDI

Thousands of #Health and Human Services (#HHS) employees across the country are being 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 – slashing nearly a quarter of its workforce through a combination of layoffs and early retirement offers.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/01/trump-health-agency-layoffs-cuts
HHS indludes:
#FDA #CDC #NIH
Centers for #Medicare and #Medicaid Services (#CMS)

Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning are being terminated. Experts say the cuts will have immediate effects. "We’re going to have patients die. Unnecessary, preventable death.” https://www.wired.com/story/cdc-gutted-rif/ #CDC

Trump begins mass layoffs at FDA, CDC, other U.S. health agencies https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/02/world/politics/trump-layoffs-fda-cdc-health-agencies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #republicans #donaldtrump #elonmusk #fda #cdc #robertfkennedyjr

The cleavers were out—

Though HHS Secretary RFK Jr. promised an era of “radical transparency,” his department released no details on which divisions and programs were being cut.

Surviving employees and their bosses were left trying to piece together who still works at the CDC and who has been let go

#USA #HHS #CDC #PublicHealth #health #trump #rfkjr

~ At CDC, Trump administration’s job cuts wipe out wide array of specialists ~

https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/cdc-rif-2400-layoffs-rfk-jr-hhs-reorganization-rapid-response-capability-weakened