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EPA says it's slashing nearly quarter of staff, closing research department
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Friday it is cutting its workforce by at least 23 percent. The cuts will be done through a combination of layoffs and voluntary retirements, ...
Health Cuts Would Result in Fewer Drugs for Americans, Budget Office Reports
The Trump administration’s proposed cuts to medical research and health agencies will curtail the development of promising ...
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HHS finalizes ‘portion’ of employee layoffs following Supreme Court ruling
HHS faces other legal challenges over its workforce cuts. A class-action lawsuit in the U.S. Court for the District of Columbia claims the department relied on “hopelessly error-ridden” data when it ...
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State, local public health officials grapple with fallout from funding, job cuts
While the cuts in federal funding will have a crippling impact on the ability of state and local health departments to ...
Thousands Laid off From NIH, FDA and CDC After Supreme Court Decision
On Monday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized 10,000 layoffs across federal health agencies, ...