Inside RFK Jr.’s health department takeover
Kennedy’s first week at HHS included dismissing the workforce, vaccine advisers and some longtime health priorities.
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Thousands of probationary federal health agency workers fired by letter this weekend. Here's what it said.
The move comes amid a government-wide effort to cut probationary workers by the Department of Government Efficiency task ...
Trump Cuts Target Next Generation of Scientists and Public Health Leaders
A core group of so-called disease detectives, who track outbreaks, was apparently spared. But other young researchers are out ...
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Louisiana Department of Health says it will no longer promote mass vaccination
The Louisiana Department of Health will no longer promote mass vaccination, the state’s surgeon general, Dr. Ralph Abraham, ...
Hundreds rally against firing of federal workers, emphasizing threats to public health
About 300 protesters rallied outside the headquarters of the Department of Health and Human Services. Many of them were ...
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Sonoma County’s emergency department for psychiatric patients reopens after months of mold remediation
The unit was closed in early August after employees at the site reported feeling physically unwell. Mold outbreaks were ...
Louisiana health department says it will stop promoting mass vaccination. Here's what that could mean
Louisiana’s surgeon general announced late Thursday that the state health department "will no longer promote mass vaccination ...
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Upstate NY restaurant shut down by health department over ‘pest issues’
A restaurant in Upstate New York has been shut down by the health department over “pest issues.” WROC reports the Texas ...
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Federal workforce layoffs hit NYC health department
The approximately $600 million of the department’s budget that comes from federal funds has not been cut yet, but the concern ...