CDC, NIH and more health agencies brace for layoffs with DOGE and RFK Jr.'s restructuring. Here's what we know.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr., with help from DOGE, is planning a restructuring with sweeping cuts expected at multiple agencies.
CDC advisory committees not mandated by law at risk of being terminated
The email, sent to CDC leaders today, said the agency would need to justify keeping the advisory committees by 10 tonight. However, a second, follow-up email said that “no respo ...
80,000 federal health workers in CDC, Medicare, Medicaid jobs are offered buyouts
The latest move to reduce the number of federal health workers comes as the the CDC is assisting with a deadly measles ...
Trump administration weighing future of CDC's HIV prevention division
Carl Schmid, the executive director of the HIV+Hepatitis Policy Institute in Washington, told Reuters he had been told by a ...
Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo and former Texas Congressman Michael Burgess floated for CDC director
The president's pick will be the first CDC director to undergo the Senate confirmation process after a change passed by ...
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Health Agencies Remain in the Dark About Next Round of Firings
One CDC employee told MedPage Today that they'd heard the agency should revert to 2019 staffing levels, which means they ...
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Georgia could lose nearly all HIV prevention funds with proposed CDC cuts
The CDC, which sits within Health and Human Services, has a $1 billion HIV prevention budget that covers 91% of all federal funding toward that cause, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, an ...