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NBC News’ Berkeley Lovelace reports on how a number of government health agencies are expected to be folded into each other.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is finally getting his wish of sucker punching the federal health agencies.
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The agency also hires people to build and maintain data systems and for specific research projects.
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Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to testify about how government cuts made to HHS staffing and the creation of a new agency will reshape the country’s health services. NBC News’ Berkeley Lovelace reports on how a number of government health agencies are expected to be folded into each other.
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Means argued that the substantial cuts Kennedy has made to Health and Human Services, the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and more have been appropriate.
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HHS guts the teams that fulfill public records requests for health agencies
Despite promises for 'radical transparency,' HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. laid off many staff on teams that fulfill public records requests at health agencies.
“Chaos” at state health agencies after US illegally axed grants, lawsuit says
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It's also getting rid of its offices tackling HIV and improving minority health. Staff had to present their badges at the building entrance and those who had been fired were given a ticket and told to return home.
Trump Administration Live Updates: Layoffs of 10,000 Government Health Workers Begin
Switzer Memorial Building in Washington on Tuesday.Credit...Roberto Schmidt/Agence France-Presse — Health job cuts: The Trump administration laid off thousands of federal health workers, dismissing senior leaders and top scientists in a purge that outside experts and former officials said would cause an immeasurable loss of expertise.
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