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Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:<p>"Teams that fulfilled requests for government documents lost their jobs on Tuesday as part of the Trump administration's 10,000-person staff cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services. Their work, mandated by Congress since the 1960s under the Freedom of Information Act or FOIA, gives the public a view of the inner workings of federal health agencies."</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/04/03/g-s1-57888/hhs-fda-rfk-foia-public-records" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/sections/shots-health-</span><span class="invisible">news/2025/04/03/g-s1-57888/hhs-fda-rfk-foia-public-records</span></a></p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/FOIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOIA</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalists</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/reporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reporters</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/USlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USlaw</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transparency</span></a></p>
Mark Martino<p>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.</p><p>The spending cut is 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.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Medicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/04/03/g-s1-58145/hhs-fda-cdc-cuts-spending" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/sections/shots-health-</span><span class="invisible">news/2025/04/03/g-s1-58145/hhs-fda-cdc-cuts-spending</span></a></p>
Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:<p>“Sure, any manager can find small savings and improvements, but these kinds of demands are of the size and speed that break down organizations,” he said. “This is not the way to do good for the public or for the public’s health.”</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/health/cdc-tump-health.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/04/02/health/</span><span class="invisible">cdc-tump-health.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/asthma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asthma</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/injuries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>injuries</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/lead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lead</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>violence</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/prevention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prevention</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/tobacco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tobacco</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/smoking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smoking</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Bruce Mirken<p>Mass layoffs of communications staff at <a href="https://mas.to/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> including <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a>. IF You're one of these people and looking for a volunteer project, DM me! <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/04/03/hhs-layoffs-communications-recalls-safety?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter_axioscommunicators&amp;stream=business" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">axios.com/2025/04/03/hhs-layof</span><span class="invisible">fs-communications-recalls-safety?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter_axioscommunicators&amp;stream=business</span></a></p>
Catherine Schmidt<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/alt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alt</span></a></p>
Der Kreuzfahrttester<p>Norovirus-Alarm! Hunderte Passagiere der „Queen Mary 2“ von Magen-Darm-Virus erwischt<br>Ein Traum von einer Kreuzfahrt entwickelt sich für viele Pas<br><a href="https://kreuzfahrttester.com/2025/04/03/cunard-norovirus/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kreuzfahrttester.com/2025/04/0</span><span class="invisible">3/cunard-norovirus/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cunard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cunard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KreuzfahrtNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KreuzfahrtNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Atlantikberquerung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Atlantikberquerung</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CunardLine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CunardLine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Desinfektion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Desinfektion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Durchfall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Durchfall</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Erbrechen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Erbrechen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gesundheitsbehrde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gesundheitsbehrde</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hygiene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hygiene</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Isolation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Isolation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KrankheitAnBord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KrankheitAnBord</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kreuzfahrt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kreuzfahrt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kreuzfahrtschiff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kreuzfahrtschiff</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Luxusreise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Luxusreise</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MagenDarmInfektion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MagenDarmInfektion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Norovirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Norovirus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NorovirusAusbruch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorovirusAusbruch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Quarantne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quarantne</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/QueenMary2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QueenMary2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Virusinfektion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Virusinfektion</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p>C.D.C. Cuts Threaten to Set Back the Nation’s <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> , Critics Say </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protesters</span></a> attended a candlelight vigil outside an entrance to the campus of the Centers for <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disease</span></a> Control and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Prevention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prevention</span></a> in <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Atlanta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Atlanta</span></a> last week.<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/cdc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdc</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/takedown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>takedown</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/health/cdc-layoffs-kennedy.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/04/02/health/</span><span class="invisible">cdc-layoffs-kennedy.html</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Update. "Mass layoffs are underway at the nation’s public health agencies"<br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/health-human-services-layoffs-restructuring-rfk-jr-ec4d7731695e4204970c7eab953b2289" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/health-huma</span><span class="invisible">n-services-layoffs-restructuring-rfk-jr-ec4d7731695e4204970c7eab953b2289</span></a></p><p>"Employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services [<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a>] Department received notices Tuesday that their jobs were being eliminated…The cuts include researchers, scientists, doctors, support staff and senior leaders, leaving the federal government without many of the key experts who have long guided U.S. decisions on medical research, drug approvals and other issues." </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/CMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CMS</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicine</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
Take Action Now<p>🚨 Trump just laid off 10,000 workers at the CDC, FDA, and NIH—during a measles and bird flu outbreak.</p><p>“This isn’t belt-tightening. It’s sabotage.”</p><p>Our health infrastructure is under attack. If we let this slide, what’s next?</p><p>✊ Read more + take action: <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/takeactionnow/p/trump-just-fired-10000-public-health?r=plp0&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/takeacti</span><span class="invisible">onnow/p/trump-just-fired-10000-public-health?r=plp0&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TakeActionNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TakeActionNow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MeaslesOutbreak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MeaslesOutbreak</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BirdFlu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BirdFlu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HealthcareCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthcareCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a></p>
Helen Branswell<p>Still trying to make figure out what happened in the <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> universe yesterday? At @statnews.com, we were pedal to the metal rooting out who was being fired and what the potential impacts of this mass and chaotic restructuring of <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a>, <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a>, &amp; <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> will be. Find our stories here: <a href="https://www.statnews.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">statnews.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
MicronH☮️⚖️😷<p><a href="https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/why-we-keep-going?publication_id=281219&amp;post_id=160347928&amp;triggerShare=true&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=1n9wqh&amp;triedRedirect=true" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">yourlocalepidemiologist.substa</span><span class="invisible">ck.com/p/why-we-keep-going?publication_id=281219&amp;post_id=160347928&amp;triggerShare=true&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=1n9wqh&amp;triedRedirect=true</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a></p>
Tino Eberl<p>Das US-Gesundheitsministerium <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> hat mit der Entlassung von bis zu 10.000 Mitarbeitenden begonnen.</p><p>Das ist etwa ein Viertel der Belegschaft. Besonders betroffen sind <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> und <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a>. Zahlreiche Führungskräfte verloren ihre Posten oder wurden auf <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Verwaltungsposten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Verwaltungsposten</span></a> versetzt. Ziel der Maßnahme ist eine Umstrukturierung mit Einsparungen von 1,8 Milliarden Dollar.</p><p><a href="https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/hhs-layoffs-start-under-rfk-jr-trump-administration/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">statnews.com/2025/04/01/hhs-la</span><span class="invisible">yoffs-start-under-rfk-jr-trump-administration/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Gesundheitspolitik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gesundheitspolitik</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Stellenabbau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stellenabbau</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/%C3%96ffentlicherDienst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ÖffentlicherDienst</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Medizin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medizin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Biomedizin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biomedizin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Verwaltungsreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Verwaltungsreform</span></a></p>
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William Lindsey :toad:

"According to a report from Rachel Maddow on Tuesday evening (which I cannot independently verify), the HHS cuts will close all HHS programs that provide care and support for Alzheimer’s victims and their families."

~ Robert B. Hubbell

#Musk #Trump #DOGE #RFKJr #HHS #CDC #healthcare #medicine #research #science #firings #workers #Alzheimers #elderly
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roberthubbell.substack.com/p/w

Today's Edition Newsletter · We have every reason to be hopeful, but no reason to be complacentBy Robert B. Hubbell
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William Lindsey :toad:

“We’ve had a lot of devastating days, but this really is unfathomable. It’s astounding, it will affect patients with all kinds of different kinds of infections, and Americans will suffer, and people will die, and that’s a horrible thing to see coming.”

~ Wendy Armstrong, director of infectious diseases at the University of Colorado

#Musk #Trump #DOGE #RFKJr #HHS #CDC #healthcare #medicine #research #science #firings #workers
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The Bulwark · ‘People Will Die’—RFK Jr. Guts America’s Health BureaucracyBy Jonathan Cohn
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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

Thousands of #Health and Human Services (#HHS) employees across the country are being dismissed on Tuesday as the #Trump administration began implementing its controversial workforce reduction plan, which could ultimately remove 10,000 staff from the department through forced #layoffs – slashing nearly a quarter of its workforce through a combination of layoffs and early retirement offers.
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#FDA #CDC #NIH
Centers for #Medicare and #Medicaid Services (#CMS)

The Guardian · Thousands of US health agency workers laid off in overhaul led by RFK JrBy Joseph Gedeon
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