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3 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Sophie Gardner
The layoffs at CDC this week hit global and environmental health as well as HIV prevention programs especially hard, according to an overview document obtained by POLITICO. The document, shared during an agency meeting Tuesday, paints a picture of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that will be more narrowly focused on infectious disease, with a significantly less holistic view of public health.
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3 weeks ago | 
politico.com | Sophie Gardner |Ruth Reader |Lauren Gardner |David Lim |Chelsea Cirruzzo
Overnight notices hit civil service leaders as well as the rank and file. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has embraced the Elon Musk-led push to downsize the federal government. | Jon Cherry/Getty Images Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is making good on his promise to lay off thousands of employees across the government’s health care agencies.
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3 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Sophie Gardner |Ruth Reader |Lauren Gardner |David Lim |Chelsea Cirruzzo
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is making good on his promise to lay off thousands of employees across the government’s health care agencies. Overnight, employees of the Department of Health and Human Services lost their jobs as part of a reduction in force that aims to cut 10,000 of the department’s approximately 80,000 workers. The cuts hit staff across the panoply of HHS agencies, including the Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institutes of Health.
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4 weeks ago | 
politico.com | Adam Cancryn |Chelsea Cirruzzo |Ruth Reader |David Lim |Sophie Gardner |Robert King
“There’s very few people who actually know what’s happening,” said one health official granted anonymity to describe the internal reaction. House Energy and Commerce Chair Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) also said he learned of the cuts from news reports. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), chair of the committee that oversees the health department, found out from Kennedy during a breakfast Thursday just before the news broke.
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4 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Adam Cancryn |Chelsea Cirruzzo |Ruth Reader |David Lim |Sophie Gardner |Robert King
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s move to gut and reorganize the federal health department shocked many people tasked with making it happen, and left others fearful that everything from the safety of the nation’s drug supply to disease response could be at risk.
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1 month ago | 
politico.com | Sophie Gardner |Alice Ollstein
The move comes as part of the administration’s reorganization of HHS, according to an internal email seen by POLITICO. “We are writing to let you know that the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice will be closing as part of the administration’s reorganization coming this week,” the email reads. | Carl Court/Getty Images The Trump administration is shuttering HHS’ long Covid office as part of its reorganization, according to an internal email seen by POLITICO.
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1 month ago | 
politico.com | Adam Cancryn |Sophie Gardner
Susan Monarez was the deputy director for the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health since January 2023. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta. | Jessica McGowan/Getty Images The Trump administration has selected Susan Monarez, the CDC’s acting director, as its new nominee to run the agency, two people in the Trump administration told POLITICO on Monday.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Adam Cancryn |Sophie Gardner
The Trump administration has selected Susan Monarez, the CDC’s acting director, as its new nominee to run the agency, two people in the Trump administration told POLITICO on Monday. The decision comes after Monarez beat at least two other potential candidates, former GOP Rep. Michael Burgess and Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo. Prior to joining the CDC earlier this year, Monarez had served as the deputy director for the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health since January 2023.
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1 month ago | 
politico.com | Sophie Gardner
HHS tells CDC leaders it is “recommending termination” of the discretionary advisory committees. A sign with the logo for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is pictured. | Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The Department of Health and Human Services is “recommending termination” of CDC’s discretionary advisory committees, according to an email seen by POLITICO.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Sophie Gardner
The Trump administration is considering killing some panels of outside experts that advise the CDC on key health threats like HIV and avian flu, according to an email seen by POLITICO. The email, sent to CDC leaders Friday, said the Department of Health and Human Services is "recommending termination" of the panels that are not mandated by law.
