Health Agencies Face Layoffs

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CDC, NIH and more health agencies brace for layoffs with DOGE and RFK Jr.'s restructuring. Here's what we know.

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HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his aides are nearing their final decisions on a sweeping restructuring of the department.

Decisions by Kennedy and his team on the changes to the department's makeup and organization are expected within a week or two , multiple health officials have been told.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality officials told leaders on March 11 to expect 90% of their staff to be cut.

One person said they had heard in meetings that some 1,400 had sought either the buyout, early retirement or both.

Another person said up to 3,800 employees could be cut from the agency's payroll, if not more, depending on how many staff can be counted from the departures.

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