The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services began issuing layoff notices Tuesday as part of a major overhaul, according to the Associated Press. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. aims to reduce the department’s size and shift its focus toward disease prevention. The cuts affect a wide range of staff, including researchers, doctors, scientists, and senior officials, raising concerns about the loss of expertise in drug approvals and public health monitoring. Kennedy called the leadership change a revolution and said the agency must be recalibrated.
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00:02The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services began issuing layoff notices Tuesday
00:06as part of a major overhaul, according to the Associated Press.
00:09Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. aims to reduce the department's size and shift its focus
00:14towards disease prevention. Cuts affect a wide range of staff, including researchers,
00:19doctors, scientists and senior officials, raising concerns about the loss of expertise
00:24in areas such as drug approvals and public health monitoring.
00:27Kennedy called the leadership change a revolution and said the agency must be recalibrated.