HHS Seattle office closes, Head Start staff placed on leave
Employees at the HHS regional office and a CDC occupational safety laboratory in Spokane were abruptly fired. Head Start ...
Federal funding cuts have Pierce County health officials ‘reimagining’ services
Wildfire program takes hit with funding loss, while the future of pregnancy-data collection for high-risk patients now in doubt.
RFK Jr. announces HHS reinstating some programs, employees cut by mistake
On the heels of terminating 10,000 jobs from the HHS, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told ABC News some programs would soon be ...
Washington state reports another measles case. What does measles look like?
Measles rashes often start as "flat red spots that appear on the face at the hairline and spread downward to the neck, trunk, ...
Kennedy remains quiet on 10,000 jobs lost at the nation’s top health department
Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has offered no new details about how his massive restructuring of the nation’s health ...
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Susan Monarez, Trump’s nominee for CDC director, faces an unprecedented and tumultuous era at the agency
Since the Trump administration took office in January 2025, the position has been held on an interim basis by Susan Monarez, whom Trump has now nominated to take the job permanently after his first ...
CDC cuts threaten to set back the nation’s health, critics say
The reorganization that began on Tuesday will scale back an agency that has been a public health model around the world.
The CDC Has Been Gutted
Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a ...
COVID-19 deaths hit new low in WA and drop out of the 10 leading causes
Preliminary data from the CDC shows there were 627 deaths from COVID-19 in Washington last year, for a crude rate of 8 per ...
Layoffs begin at US health agencies charged with tracking disease, regulating food
Employees across the massive U.S. Department of Health and Human Services began receiving notices of dismissal on Tuesday in a major overhaul.
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Care-A-Van Program Cut Amid Washington State Health Department Changes
WASHINGTON - The Care-A-Van program, a mobile vaccination center initiated during the COVID-19 pandemic, is among several programs being phased out by the Washington State Department of Health. This c ...