Yuki Noguchi
Correspondent at NPR
NPR Correspondent is my side gig. Driver/short-order cook is my primary.
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1 week ago |
opb.org | Yuki Noguchi
In and around Asheville, N.C., there are still visible signs of devastation that remain from the floods of Hurricane Helene six months ago: rusted debris in the yards of water-damaged residences in ruins. But Helene, a federal disaster worker who coincidentally goes by the same name as the storm, also worries about this community’s invisible problems that tend to persist, months later — like mold and financial and mental health aftereffects.
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2 weeks ago |
mprnews.org | Rob Stein |Yuki Noguchi |Sydney Lupkin |Chiara Eisner
Chaos and confusion dominated the restructuring affecting thousands of workers at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services this week. Some people who were fired are being unfired, at least temporarily. Some managers don't even know who still works for them. With human resources teams gutted, answers are extremely hard to come by for those sent complex reduction in force, "RIF" messages.
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2 weeks ago |
npr.org | Rob Stein |Yuki Noguchi |Sydney Lupkin |Chiara Eisner |Selena Simmons-Duffin |Carmel Wroth
A worker wheels out the belongings of a fellow employee who was dismissed, outside of the Mary E. Switzer Federal Office Building, which houses HHS offices in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. Al Drago/Bloomberg/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Al Drago/Bloomberg/Getty Images Chaos and confusion dominated the restructuring affecting thousands of workers at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services this week.
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2 weeks ago |
ctpublic.org | Rob Stein |Sydney Lupkin |Yuki Noguchi |Carmel Wroth
The Trump administration is requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to cut spending on contracts by 35%, HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon confirmed to NPR. The cuts to spending on contracts applies across all divisions of HHS – which includes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and other agencies. This comes on the heels of a nearly 25% staff reduction at HHS.
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3 weeks ago |
news.wgcu.org | Rob Stein |Sydney Lupkin |Yuki Noguchi |Carmel Wroth
Updated April 03, 2025 at 20:45 PM ETThe Trump administration is requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to cut spending on contracts by 35%, HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon confirmed to NPR. The cuts to spending on contracts applies across all divisions of HHS – which includes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and other agencies.
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