HHS layoffs cut deep swath through health infrastructure - Roll Call The changes lay the groundwork for Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s plan to streamline operations and shift to focusing on chronic disease. Roll Call · Apr 1, 2025
Layoffs begin at the nation's health agencies Employees across the massive U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have begun receiving notices of dismissal in a major overhaul expected to ultimately lay off up to 10,000 people The Independent UK · Apr 1, 2025
Trump abandons long COVID patients again Budget cuts and the dismantling of federal agencies are making it harder for patients with long COVID and ME/CFS Salon · Apr 1, 2025
Thousands of workers at nation's health agencies brace for mass layoffs As they readied to leave work Monday, some workers at the Food and Drug Administration were told to pack their laptops and prepare for the possibility that they wouldn’t be back The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2025
Moderna and Novavax shares plunge after key FDA official steps down, citing discord with RFK Jr. who he says 'wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies' Massive cuts to personnel and funding within the Department of Health and Human Services presents a headache for vaccine approval and development, analysts say. Fortune · Mar 31, 2025
Massive cuts to Health and Human Services’ workforce signal a dramatic shift in US health policy On March 27, 2025, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced plans to dramatically transform the department. HHS is the umbrella agency responsible for pandemic preparedness, biomedical research, food safety and many other health-related activities. The Conversation · Mar 31, 2025
Biotech group warns exit of top FDA vaccine official will ‘erode scientific standards’ Rare admonition from a sector that has largely been silent in the face of the second Trump administration The Guardian - US · Mar 30, 2025
Trump news at a glance: anti-Musk protesters target Tesla showrooms around the world More than 200 demonstrations take place from Australia to Switzerland; senior FDA official resigns citing RFK Jr’s ‘misinformation and lies’ – key US politics stories from 29 March 2025 The Guardian - US · Mar 30, 2025
Vaccine official resigns over RFK "lies" Marks, who oversaw the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, clashed with vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Salon · Mar 29, 2025
Top FDA Vaccine Official Resigns, Slams RFK Jr. For 'Misinformation and Lies' Dr. Peter Marks announced his resignation from the FDA, citing frustration over the growing influence of vaccine misinformation under HHS Secretary RFK Jr. Latin Times · Mar 29, 2025
Top US vaccine official resigns over RFK Jr’s ‘misinformation and lies’ Dr Peter Marks was seen as a guardrail against any future politicisation of the FDA’s approval of life-saving vaccines The Guardian - UK · Mar 29, 2025
CDC buried pro-vaccine measles forecast The move is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line with RFK Jr's vaccine views Salon · Mar 29, 2025
Trump pick to head CDC sparks Maga backlash among conspiracy theorists Firestorm from science deniers of anti-vaccine set shows splits in Trump world and forced RFK Jr to defend hire The Guardian - US · Mar 28, 2025
RFK Jr’s health agency shake-up leaves addiction treatment uncertain Naloxone distribution and the 988 crisis line could also be affected The Independent UK · Mar 28, 2025
The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2025 RFK Jr is axing 10,000 employees at Health Department in dramatic restructuring Critics condemn cost in health and lives
The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2025 A patient finally got off the organ transplant list. A month later, they died of rabies Michigan health officials say there is ‘no threat’ to the public after the first human case of the disease in the state in more than 15 years
Roll Call · Mar 27, 2025 Fully in power, GOP targets Planned Parenthood - Roll Call Congress eyes cuts to Planned Parenthood as Supreme Court prepares for arguments in case on that organization and Medicaid.
The Guardian - US · Mar 27, 2025 RFK Jr plans 10,000 job cuts in restructuring of US health department Health secretary aims to close regional offices and establish new division called ‘administration for a healthy America’
Roll Call · Mar 27, 2025 HHS to cut 10,000 jobs, ‘streamline’ operations - Roll Call The department outlined plans to cut 10,000 jobs, in addition to the about 10,000 employees who left voluntarily earlier this year.
The Guardian - US · Mar 27, 2025 Trump administration at ‘war’ with mRNA technology: scientists alarmed vaccine skeptics could kill research Public health experts are sounding the alarm over recent move by the NIH to collect information about funding for research into mRNA technology
International Business Times · Mar 27, 2025 Doctors Claim Kids Are More at Risk With Robert Kennedy's Measles Remedy Using Vitamin A Medical professionals are pushing back against HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy's claims that vitamin A is a remedy for measles.
Roll Call · Mar 27, 2025 Targeting FDA user fees would leave agency gutted, experts say - Roll Call Critics worry that the user fee program creates a conflict of interest between the FDA and pharmaceutical companies.
The Independent UK · Mar 26, 2025 Trump administration says it will pull back billions in COVID funding from local health departments Federal health officials said Tuesday they are pulling back $11.4 billion in COVID-19-related funds for local public health departments and other health organizations throughout the nation
Roll Call · Mar 25, 2025 Senate confirms Makary for FDA commissioner - Roll Call FDA pick, a former Johns Hopkins surgeon, seen as a less controversial nomination than some of Trump's other HHS subagency selections.
Texas Observer · Mar 25, 2025 ‘This Town Has Nothing’: Rural Texas’ Mental Healthcare Crisis Against long odds, Sweetwater’s public hospital recruited counselors to help address a wave of mental health crises in rural Texas—yet struggles continue.