Chief Healthcare Executive February 22, 2025
Ron Southwick

Health and research advocates warn that the Trump administration’s job cuts could affect the nation’s health.

President Trump’s administration has been cutting positions across the federal workforce, and firings in government health and research agencies are stirring some of the most anger and alarm.

The American Public Health Association issued a statement Friday decrying the cuts to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institutes of Health, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The association has started a new initiative, dubbed For Our Health, focusing on health policies.

“Every American should be outraged and alarmed by actions taken by the Trump administration that deliberately undermine America’s health protection system, including HHS, CDC and the NIH,”...

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