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Not everyone touches those [human services] programs in their day-to- day life, but it's part of what keeps our country's infrastructure and people safe,
one laid-off Administration for Children and Families employee told Axios Our leadership used words such as shell-shocked, cruel and chaotic while describing the situation,
one NIH employee told Axios We are speaking out not just for ourselves, but for the future of public service and the protection of public health,
the group's website reads ... Alison Snyder contributed reporting I believe that history will see this a huge mistake,
The Trump administration laid off thousands of federal health workers on Tuesday in a purge that included senior leaders and top scientists charged with regulating food and drugs, protecting Americans from disease and researching new treatments and cures,
The New York Times reported Our hearts go out to those who have lost their jobs,
Infectious disease experts, including those addressing HIV, argued the latest HHS cuts will make the country less safe from infectious and chronic diseases,
You chop off the head of the leadership, and now we have to reinvent that wheel. That's not in our best interest,
It keeps me up at night thinking that there would be a chance that I wouldn't have someone to report to,
I think that this makes it virtually impossible for CTP to regulate tobacco products,
So now it's fallen on the security guards to tell people they've lost their jobs,
Dozens of people have been RIF'd this way so far,
the employee said, using an acronym for "reduction in force." The revolution begins today!”
Kennedy wrote on social media Firing 10,000 health experts doesn’t make America healthier — it makes us sicker. This purge guts disease response, disrupts life-saving research, and leaves us vulnerable to outbreaks,
noted Connecticut Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro I couldn’t have worked with these a*****s anyway.”
One high level official who was let go told Science We aren't just reducing bureaucratic sprawl. We are realigning the organization with its core mission and our new priorities in reversing the chronic disease epidemic,
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. said in a statement I believe that history will see this a huge mistake. I will be fad if I'm proven wrong, but even then there is no good reason to treat people this way. It will be interesting to hear from the new leadership how they plan to put ‘Humpty Dumpty’ back together again,
At some point in the future, a Democratic President and Secretary of HHS will probably try to rebuild the department following the major staffing cuts happening now. It won't be easy, and will likely require Congress,
wrote Larry Levitt, executive vice president for health policy at KFF (formerly the Kaiser Family Foundation). The general public likely won't feel the results of these HHS layoffs immediately,
I'm trying to understand it,
Senator Bill Cassidy, chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, told CNN
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