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Some critics are concerned about the plan to dismantle the Administration for Community Living, which serves older adults and people with disabilities.
From USA TODAY
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been secretary of Health and Human Services for all of six weeks, but he’s already vindicating his critics.
From Wall Street Journal
Democratic Sen. Patty Murray of Washington predicted the cuts will have ramifications when natural disasters strike or infectious diseases, like the ongoing measles outbreak, spread.
From Houston Chronicle

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How will federal health agency cuts affect Arizona? Here's what we know
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services plans to cut 20,000 jobs nationwide. The Indian Health Service, a major HHS agency, is not expected to see job cuts in Arizona. Some critics are concerned about the plan to dismantle the Administration for Community Living, which serves older adults and people with disabilities.
HHS cuts 10,000 employees in major overhaul of health agencies
The US Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday it is cutting 10,000 full-time employees across health agencies, the department told CNN.
RFK Jr. Plans 10,000 Job Cuts in Major Restructuring of Health Department
Kennedy Jr. said he would significantly cut the size of the department he leads, reshaping the nation’s health agencies and closing regional offices. Kennedy on Thursday said the agency would ax 10,000 full-time employees spread across agencies tasked with responding to disease outbreaks,
RFK Jr. Is Already Vindicating His Critics
Shrinking HHS makes sense, but giving power to antivaccine crusader David Geier doesn’t.
In Twist, Misdiagnosis Victim RFK Jr. Cuts Agency Fighting Misdiagnoses
The agency charged with fighting the kind of medical misdiagnosis that put Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the brink of unnecessary brain surgery seems set for elimination.
The FDA will lose 3,500 jobs as part of the HHS cuts. How will this impact you?
Department of Health and Human Services, which includes the Food and Drug Administration. How will this affect the safety of prescription drugs and medical devices?
Layoffs begin at US health agencies charged with tracking disease, researching, regulating food
Beyond layoffs at federal health agencies, cuts are beginning to happen at state and local health departments as a result of an HHS move last week to pull back more than $11 billi
All the ways that RFK Jr.'s health department cuts might kill you | Opinion
The Department of Health and Human Services once worked hard to keep Americans alive. Now, the feds seem eager to thin out the herd.
Trump says 3rd term isn't a joke, despite term limit
Fallout continues after it was learned that top officials in the Trump administration inadvertently added The Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg to an unsecured Signal group chat discussing a U.S. attack on Houthis in Yemen.
NHS will become national health and assisted suicide service, says MP
Danny Kruger said the NHS would, if the Bill being considered passes into law, become the ‘national health and assisted suicide service’.
Thousands of workers at nation’s health agencies brace for mass layoffs
WASHINGTON (AP) — As they readied to leave work Monday, some workers at the Food and Drug Administration were told to pack their laptops and prepare for the possibility that they wouldn’t be back, according to an email obtained by The Associated Press.
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Kaua‘i District Health Office to Host 'It Starts Here' Open House for National Public Health Week 2025 in Līhuʻe
KDHO to host an educational open house for National Public Health week on April 11, showcasing public health roles and services.
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