Leah Douglas

3 days ago | yahoo.com | Leah Douglas |Tim Reid |Nichola Groom |Nathan Layne

By Leah Douglas, Tim Reid, Nichola Groom, Nathan LayneWASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. federal disaster agency FEMA has sharply reduced training for state and local emergency managers ahead of the start of the hurricane season on June 1, according to current and former officials, memos seen by Reuters, and three sources familiar with the situation.

5 days ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Leah Douglas |Nathan Layne

New FEMA head says he'll 'run right over' staff who resist changesWASHINGTON − David Richardson, the new head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, told staff on Friday he will "run right over" anyone that resists changes and that all delegation of authority in the agency is immediately suspended.

1 month ago | thereport.be | Leah Douglas |Marisa Taylor |Frances Kerry

Signage is seen outside of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in White Oak, Maryland, U.S., August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo April 1 (Reuters) - The Trump administration fired staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and at the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday, as it embarked on its plan to cut 10,000 jobs at the Department of Health and Human Services, according to two sources familiar with the situation.

2 months ago | rnz.co.nz | Dan Levine |Leah Douglas

By Dan Levine and Leah Douglas, ReutersThe US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is planning a large study into potential connections between vaccines and autism, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, despite extensive scientific research that has disproven or failed to find evidence of such links. It is unclear whether US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, who has long promoted anti-vaccine views, is involved in the planned CDC study or how it would be carried out.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Andrea Shalal |Leah Douglas |Ahmed Aboulenein |Ted Hesson

By Andrea Shalal, Leah Douglas, Ahmed Aboulenein and Ted HessonWASHINGTON (Reuters) -Almost half of the probationary workers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and others at the National Institutes of Health are being forced out as President Donald Trump overhauls government agencies, sources familiar with the job cuts told Reuters on Friday.