Lia DeGroot

1 week ago | gazettextra.com | Lia DeGroot

WASHINGTON - A group of more than 40 organizations is urging Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reinstate staff who were purged at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. In a letter sent to Kennedy on Friday, first shared with CQ Roll Call, the groups voice concerns that purging the center's staff will impact the administration's ability to carry out injury and domestic violence prevention programs.

1 week ago | rollcall.com | Lia DeGroot

A group of more than 40 organizations is urging Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reinstate staff who were purged at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. In a letter sent to Kennedy on Friday, first shared with CQ Roll Call, the groups voice concerns that purging the center’s staff will impact the administration’s ability to carry out injury and domestic violence prevention programs.

1 week ago | gazettextra.com | Lia DeGroot

By Lia DeGroot - CQ-Roll Call (TNS) WASHINGTON - Vera Rosenthal, a health communications specialist at the Food and Drug Administration, woke up to an email April 1 informing her that she had been affected by the Trump administration's "Reduction in Force" effort and no longer had a job at the agency. About a half hour later, she got out of bed to take her border collie mix, Pepper, for a walk. Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency.

1 week ago | rollcall.com | Lia DeGroot

Vera Rosenthal, a health communications specialist at the Food and Drug Administration, woke up to an email April 1 informing her that she had been affected by the Trump administration’s “Reduction in Force” effort and no longer had a job at the agency. About a half hour later, she got out of bed to take her border collie mix, Pepper, for a walk. “By the time I came back from walking her, I was numb,” she said.

1 week ago | sacbee.com | Lia DeGroot

WASHINGTON – Vera Rosenthal, a health communications specialist at the Food and Drug Administration, woke up to an email April 1 informing her that she had been affected by the Trump administration's "Reduction in Force" effort and no longer had a job at the agency. About a half hour later, she got out of bed to take her border collie mix, Pepper, for a walk. "By the time I came back from walking her, I was numb," she said.