US EditionFDA scrambles to replace some fired support staffers
- FDA cut dozens of support staff, including 170 in the inspections office.
- The agency struggled for years increasing inspections after pandemic staff departures.
- Cuts included staff arranging foreign travel and scientists testing food samples.
- FDA inspections are down 36% compared to pre-pandemic levels.
- Reducing support will likely cause fewer inspections; the FDA plans to hire contractors.
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Federal government places worker from Frederick County and his entire division on leave
A Frederick County resident who works within the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Inspections and Investigations said he found out his entire division was placed on administrative leave while he was driving to the office at 5:19 a.m.…
'Blow after blow': Survivors of red state hurricane hit by 'devastating' fresh cuts
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s cuts to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have imperiled hurricane recovery efforts in western North Carolina.Hurricane Helene devastated the Swannanoa River Valley nearly seven months ago, killing 43 people and destroying homes and business...
Other View: RFK Jr. needs to explain himself
Some 10,000 federal health workers lost their jobs earlier this month — among them, a group of regulators who help new medicines get approved. If Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr . doesn’t reverse course, American patients will suffer and half a century of US leadership in pharmaceutical innovation could come to a precipitous end. Three decades ago, the US lagged Europe in access to new medications. Respiratory drugs, on …
The Press of Atlantic City
FDA scrambles to replace some fired support staffers
WASHINGTON — When Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced sweeping job cuts at his department last month, he said that safety inspectors who oversee U.S. foods and drugs wouldn't be impacted.
Outside contractors to replace fired FDA staff
WASHINGTON — When Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced sweeping job cuts at his department last month, he said safety inspectors who oversee U.S. foods and drugs wouldn't be affected.
FDA tech officials complied with DOGE’s requests for data. The staff reductions still came.
Tech officials at the Food and Drug Administration — like many at other agencies across the Department of Health and Human Services — have been inundated with work on internal data requests related to the Department of Government Efficiency and Trump’s numerous executive orders since the beginning of his administration. Those requests, known as “data calls,” sometimes came with tight deadlines, necessitated working into the weekend, and could b…
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