Politico April 1, 2025
THE CATCH-UP
REDUCTIONS IN FORCE: Mass layoffs finally hit thousands of employees across HHS overnight, upending a generation of the federal public health civil service, POLITICO’s Sophie Gardner, Ruth Reader, Lauren Gardner, David Lim and Chelsea Cirruzzo report. Many FDA, CDC, NIH and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health employees were affected.
The high-profile cuts: At the FDA, Peter Stein and the policy shop inside the Office of New Drugs were axed, top tobacco regulator Brian King was put on leave, and Office of Strategic Programs and leader Sridhar Mantha were cut. The top veterinarian working on bird flu was pushed out, per WSJ’s Liz Essley Whyte. And National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Jeanne Marrazzo was...
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