US EditionPotentially Fatal Start to RFK Jr.'s Leadership at HHS
- HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Initiated a department restructuring in late March, resulting in job losses.
- The Trump administration stated the changes would realign HHS toward ending chronic disease.
- HHS announced a 20,000-employee reduction, combining agencies under a new Administration for Healthy America.
- Jennifer Hoenig said, "All of the expertise and technical skill to work with these data systems was all cut that morning."
- State attorneys general filed a lawsuit against HHS, challenging the termination of nearly $12 billion in public health grants.
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New Mexico Democratic Party chair denounces HHS Secretary RFK Jr. as he visits state • Source New Mexico
"If RFK had been in charge during COVID, I think it’s safe to say that more people would have died, especially in rural and Indigenous communities where access to health care is already limited,” said Jessica Velasquez, chair of the Democratic Party of New Mexico, in a virtual news conference on Wednesday. (Screenshot courtesy of the Democratic Party of New Mexico)As U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was visiting a c…
Attorney General Mayes Sues HHS, Sec. Kennedy to Overturn Public Health Grant Cuts
Attorney General Kris joined a coalition of 23 state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., for abruptly and illegally terminating nearly $12 billion in critical public health grants to the states. The grant terminations, which came with no warning or legally valid explanation, have quickly caused chaos for state health agencies that continue to re…
Kennedy: Cutting to the bone at HHS
"'Make America Healthy Again' actually means the opposite," said Jonathan Cohn in The Bulwark. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week began laying off 10,000 HHS employees, in addition to 10,000 who've left voluntarily—a combined 25 percent workforce reduction that will make Americans more vulnerable. Kennedy is gutting the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the National…
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BizTocEmployees say a plan to reorganize HHS will have health and safety consequences
The Trump administration says the merging and downsizing of some Health and Human Services agencies is aimed at realigning them toward the “core mission” of ending chronic disease. But some HHS workers are skeptical that the restructuring will achieve Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s stated goals.
RFK Jr.'s Senate hearing delayed, living with more measles
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