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New NIH director seeks to use ‘gold standard science’ to win back trust in health
National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya underscored the need to restore trust in the nation’s health ...
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Mass layoffs are underway at the nation’s public health agencies
The notices came just days after President Trump moved to strip workers of their collective bargaining rights at HHS and ...
Measles cases exploded in Texas after stagnant vaccine funding. New cuts threaten the same across U.S.
The measles outbreak in west Texas didn’t happen just by chance. The easily preventable disease, declared eliminated in the U ...
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NIH Director Removes Four Main Scientists amid Massive Staff Purge
The Trump Administration has fired four leaders and thousands of employees at the National Institutes of Health in “one of ...
Garbarino: World Trade Center Health Program administrator fired
U.S. Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-Bayport) said he would look into the firing of Dr. John Howard, which he called an "unfortunate ...
‘It’s a bloodbath’: Massive wave of job cuts underway at US health agencies
A massive wave of job cuts got underway at US health agencies Tuesday, with some employees receiving early-morning emails ...
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Layoffs begin at US health agencies responsible for research, tracking disease and regulating food
WASHINGTON -- Employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services ... said Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association. Dr. Tom Frieden, the CDC's ...