“Every person working on it was let go,” Hoenig said, noting that the data collection is mandated by Congress. The office is part of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, which would be absorbed into a new Administration for a Healthy America under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s plan.

Secretary RFK Jr. said on social media that his heart went out to the researchers, scientists, and other staff losing their jobs but that the department needs to be “recalibrated.”

DOGE cuts have impacted some workers placed at the Broome County Health Department. Massive spending cuts announced at the federal Department of Health and

In a statement, HHS said it anticipates the changes will save $1.8 billion per year, but it didn't provide a breakdown.

The Knox County Health Department has laid off seven employees ‒ six full-time and one part-time ‒ after the federal government suddenly cut grants that paid their salaries, Knox News has learned. The employees' salaries were paid for by a federal Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Prevention and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases grant designed to fight infectious disease outbreaks.

More than 25,000 patients found out Friday that Anchor Medical Associates will be closing all locations in Rhode Island by June 30.READ MORE: Anchor Medical Ass

The Alaska Department of Health is cutting 30 positions and shuttering a program meant to improve public health access across the state after the Trump administration cut more than $50 million in previously awarded federal funding.

Layoff notices went out to workers at the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH). The agency said 170 workers will be let go due to immediate cuts in federal funding.