Mass layoffs expected to begin at health agencies as Kennedy agenda takes shape [View all]
Source: NBC News
Thousands of federal workers were bracing for pink slips Friday as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. begins dismantling the sprawling federal agency responsible for protecting America's health.
Some 10,000 full-time jobs were on the chopping block as part of the White House’s “reduction in force” plan to effectively shutter or downsize a number of divisions under the HHS umbrella.
HHS oversees 13 agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health. Overall, the cuts will shrink the health department’s workforce from 82,000 to 62,000 when combined with its earlier layoffs, Andrew Nixon, a senior spokesperson for HHS, said Thursday.
Targeted workers said it's likely to get ugly.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/hhs-kennedy-health-agencies-mass-layoffs-rcna198549
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