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The final tally on chaotic HHS layoffs |
A new court filing Tuesday sheds some light on the damage from Friday's purge of health agencies. |
According to Department of Health and Human Services attorneys, administration officials intended to fire 982 employees. But due to "data discrepancies and processing errors" reduction in force (RIF) notices were issued Friday to approximately 1,760 employees.
There's still no specific accounting of how many people were laid off by each agency, although it appears that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was the hardest hit. Current and former staff, as well as members of the union representing CDC employees at the agency's Atlanta headquarters, have been crowdsourcing data from impacted employees to estimate the exact number of people and positions that have been cut. According to the unofficial estimates from the American Federation of Government Employees Local 2883, which represents CDC employees in Atlanta, about 600 CDC employees remained out of work, even after the rescinded notices. "These illegal firings of our union members during a federal government shutdown is a callous attack on hard working Americans and puts the livelihoods, health and safety of our members and communities at great risk," AFGE Local 2883 President Yolanda Jacobs said Tuesday. The terminations came after President Trump threatened to axe federal workers in retaliation for the government shutdown, which is going into its third week. The layoffs also hit non-scientific workers, including IT support and human resources staff, who were brought back from furlough just to email out layoff notices to employees— themselves included. CDC library staff and museum staff, whose current and former employees said are crucial for supporting research and communicating to the public about what the agency does, were fired. |
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Actor Cheryl Hines defended her husband, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., after “The View” co-host Sunny Hostin challenged Kennedy’s knowledge and qualifications Tuesday. Hines appeared as a guest to discuss her memoir, “Cheryl Hines Unscripted,” when Hostin referred to Kennedy as the “least qualified person” to lead HHS. She told Hines that Kennedy spreads … |
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Four days after the Trump administration initiated a wave of layoffs across the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there's still no official accounting of how many people were eliminated. Current and former staff, as well as members of the union representing CDC employees at the agency’s Atlanta headquarters, have been crowdsourcing data from impacted employees to estimate the exact number of people and … |
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(NewsNation) – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded an existing recall for cinnamon that was found to contain elevated lead levels. Ground cinnamon from HAETAE, Roshni, Durra and Wise Wife have joined a dozen other brands that “may be unsafe” to consume, according to the most recent updates from the FDA. Frozen spinach sold nationwide is recalled The elevated lead levels were discovered during state-level … |
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USDA warns that Hello Fresh subscription meals may contain listeria-tainted spinach |
Federal health officials late Monday warned people not to eat certain Hello Fresh subscription meals containing spinach that may be contaminated with listeria. The U.S. Agriculture Department issued a public health alert for the meals, which were produced by FreshRealm, the San Clemente, California-based company linked to an expanding … |
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Local and state headlines on health care: |
- More Texas kindergarteners are coming to school without measles vaccination proof or exemptions (The Texas Tribune)
- North Carolina Republican lawmakers criticize state health officials for cutting Medicaid provider rates (NC Newsline)
- California's health insurance marketplace braces for chaos as shutdown persists (KFF Health News)
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A MESSAGE FROM COALITION TO STRENGTHEN AMERICA'S HEALTHCARE |
Care that doesn't clock out – on rounds or on call. |
More than 300 hospitals are now at risk of closure, threatening access to critical care. Learn more. |
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Health news we've flagged from other outlets: |
- Inside FDA, career staffers describe how political pressure is influencing their work (Stat)
- The only thing standing between humanity and the end of HIV (Vox)
- Global life expectancy is back to pre-pandemic levels, but deaths among teens and young adults are rising (CNN)
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