The SSA acting commissioner stepped down over requests from DOGE to access data, while the FDA food division head left amid cuts.

Probationary employees across the FDA received notices Saturday evening that their jobs were being eliminated, according to three FDA staffers who spoke to The Associated Press on

Drugs and medical devices for pets and other animals go through approval processes through the FDA. Staff handling parts of this work lost their jobs in the recent round of firings from the Trump administration.

On Friday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced plans to fire 5,200 probationary employees across its agencies, which includes the FDA.

In September 2022, former President Biden convened the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, during which the White House introduced its National Strategy on Nutrition and Health (National Strategy).

The Trump administration’s effort to slash the size of the federal workforce reached the Food and Drug Administration this weekend, as recently hired employees who review the safety of food ingredients,

The Trump administration terminated employees at the Food and Drug Administration on Saturday night, Stat News reported, citing sources.

Nearly half of the FDA’s $6.9 billion budget comes from fees paid by companies the agency regulates, including drug and medical device makers, which allows the agency to hire extra scientists to

The CDC and FDA must restore public health websites removed after an executive order, a federal judge has ruled. The sites contained critical health data on HIV, yo

The Trump administration’s effort to slash the size of the federal workforce reached the Food and Drug Administration.

Although the directives to limit publicly available healthcare data and cut federal funding for medical research have been temporarily blocked by federal judges, providers face uncertainty as they await final rulings.

Mitch Zeller, former FDA director for tobacco, said the firings are a way to ‘demoralize and undermine the spirit of the federal workforce’,” reported AP. Jim Jones, deputy commissioner for human foods at the FDA,