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Trump administration health agency cuts and layoffs
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FIRST ENTRY MAY 05
JAN 15 · Day 256
Mental health grants slashed then restored within 24 hours
DEC 13 · Day 223
VA plans to eliminate tens of thousands of health care jobs
DEC 05 · Day 215
Research lab silenced one year under Trump
OCT 14 · Day 163
Hundreds of CDC layoffs reversed, biodefense staff affected
OCT 11 · Day 160
HHS rehiring some people fired through reduction-in-force efforts
SEP 01 · Day 120
Former CDC directors say RFK Jr. is endangering Americans' health
AUG 31 · Day 119
Former CDC immunizations chief warns about RFK Jr. leading HHS
AUG 30 · Day 118
Jim O'Neill named new acting CDC director
AUG 29 · Day 117
White House appoints top RFK Jr. deputy as acting CDC director
AUG 28 · Day 116
CDC cuts back foodborne illness surveillance program
AUG 28 · Day 116
White House fires CDC director amid RFK Jr. health agency shakeup
AUG 27 · Day 115
CDC slashed food safety surveillance, now tracks only 2 of 8 top infections
AUG 22 · Day 110
Supreme Court lets US cut millions in NIH grants
JUN 17 · Day 44
Judge rules Trump's cuts to National Institutes of Health illegal
MAY 11 · Day 7
Trump transforms congressionally mandated health offices into ghost towns
MAY 05 · Day 1