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The White House’s plans to cut around 10,000 employees at health agencies under the HHS went into full effect on 1 April.
Since Trump’s return as president, the Elon Musk-helmed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been making cuts to US Government departments, beginning with the culling of employees at the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in February. Now, the US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) is on the chopping block.
Under plans outlined by HHS Secretary Robert F Kennedy, Jr (RFK Jr), thousands of employees at the health agencies under the HHS received notices on 1 April that their jobs were being eliminated.
Last week, under a transformation plan touted to ‘Make America Healthy Again’, the...