Johnson said she believes the actual number of workers lost. The federal agency tasked with protecting the nation's public health has been weakened by staff and budget cuts Npr health correspondent pien huang takes stock. The latest cuts focus most heavily on a handful of agencies The fda will lose an additional 3,500 employees, and the nih will lose 1,200 The cdc, where cuts are steepest, will lose 2,400.
Mass layoffs began tuesday at the centers for disease control and prevention and at the food and drug administration, the first steps in a plan to cut 10,000 jobs at the department of health. Mass layoffs at the us federal health agencies have started and some of the employees have received pink slips The move comes after health and human services secretary robert f Thousands of employees across the vast department of health and human services (hhs) began receiving layoff notices as early as 5 a.m The purge comes on the heels of hhs secretary. Jobs were eliminated at offices overseeing the approval of new drugs, providing health insurance and responding to infectious disease outbreaks
