The Department of Government Efficiency has terminated employment for 3,600 probationary Health and Human Services employees, ...

“This is to ensure that HHS better serves the American people at the highest and most efficient standard.” The CDC eliminated 1,300 probationary workers. Employees were given four weeks paid ...

2. On Feb. 13, the Trump administration ordered almost all of the 5,200 HHS probationary employees to be cut. An NIH office director said during a department meeting recording, obtained by the The ...

The layoffs are part of a broad effort by President Donald Trump and billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk to reduce the number ...

The AP and other outlets reported last week that as many as 5,200 probationary employees across HHS could be dismissed, based ...

HHS, in coordination with the Department of Government Efficiency, on Friday began the process of dismissing 3,600 probationary employees, according to administration officials, who were granted ...

In recent weeks, the FDA has faced significant cuts, including the layoffs of probationary employees. These employees, many ...

Eight recent former leaders of federal health agencies under the Biden administration -- including former NIH Director Monica ...

“I'm still processing this to some degree,” said a terminated probationary worker who wants to remain anonymous. She worked ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said any staffers in the department who are "working for the pharmaceutical industry" ...

Kennedy was sworn in to oversee HHS. Dr. Joshua Barocas, an infectious diseases expert at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, said many of the probationary-status CDC employees are fill ...