CDC layoffs strike deeply at its ability to respond to the current flu, norovirus and measles outbreaks and other public health emergencies
The CDC was instrumental in eradicating smallpox, identifying the causes of HIV and encouraging Americans to get the COVID-19 ...
How many federal employees have been fired and laid off: What we know
Thousands of federal government employees have been shown the door in the first month of President Donald Trump's ...
Here are all the agencies federal workers are being fired from
In the weeks since President Donald Trump has assumed office, more than 200,000 federal workers at a number of agencies have had their roles slashed.
Here’s Where Trump’s Government Layoffs Are—As DOGE Reportedly Accesses Employee Info At Pentagon
National Nuclear Safety Administration: An employee at the agency—which oversees nuclear weapons in the U.S.—told NPR the ...
Here Are All The Major Lawsuits Against Trump And Musk: More Nonprofits Sue Over Anti-DEI Executive Orders
Three nonprofits sued President Donald Trump and a number of his Cabinet members and federal departments Wednesday, alleging ...
How the CDC's "disease detectives" respond during public health emergencies
President Trump's government-wide downsizing ultimately spared the CDC's world-renowned epidemic intelligence service, ...
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Trump Cabinet: Hearings Schedule & Who’s Confirmed
The Senate has approved Trump’s most controversial picks, including Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr. Here’s the full list and ...
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The ‘disease detectives’ dodged a bullet — but another might be coming
While the EIS program has likely been spared this time, the fact that its existence was in jeopardy at all highlights the ...
In rural West Texas, a measles outbreak grows with no end in sight
At least 58 cases have been confirmed. Health officials — who are scrambling to get a handle on the vaccine-preventable ...
Science under siege: Trump cuts threaten to undermine decades of research
Sweeping layoffs, funding freezes and executive orders have provoked outcry among federal researchers and their university partners, who fear that science itself is under siege.
Trump, RFK Jr. go after SSRIs in executive order. Here's how they work
SSRIs are a focus of a new Trump executive order that installs Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s 'Make America Healthy Again' commission. Here's what they do.
Fact Checks ‘Best Way’ To Counter Health Misinformation, Say Americans
When it comes to dealing with health misinformation, Americans are far keener on independent fact-checking than on the ...