The Trump administration has fired staff who were working on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's bird flu response as part of its mass layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association and a source familiar with the situation. The Tuesday firings, which many employees learned of as they attempted to enter office buildings and were denied access, are part of the administration's effort to shrink the federal government. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said he will fire 10,000 people...

• The Department of Health and Human Services has initiated layoffs affecting thousands of employees across multiple agencies. The move comes as HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed to do “more with less.” • The layoffs impact employees at the Centers for Disease Control, the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration and other institutions. • The reorganization aims to consolidate various programs under the Administration for a Healthy America. At the direction of the Trump administration, the Department of Health and Human Services has started to...

ROUGHLY 200 CDC EMPLOYEES IN THE PITTSBURGH REGION HAVE BEEN LAID OFF. THOSE WORKERS TELL ME THEY WERE SHOCKED TO GET THE LETTER THIS MORNING, AND THAT THE WORK THEY DO HERE IS IMPORTANT AND NECESSARY. THE WORK THAT’S DONE HERE IS TO KEEP EVERYBODY SAFE. THIS MORNING, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR RECEIVED A TIP FROM A VIEWER THAT CDC EMPLOYEES AT THIS FACILITY IN PLEASANT HILLS WERE BEING LAID OFF. AFTER SOME DIGGING, WE CONFIRMED WITH WORKERS ON SITE THAT THEY RECEIVED THIS LETTER FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH...

Communities across the country have been reeling in recent weeks as billionaire Elon Musk, the DOGE team he leads, and the Trump Administration broadly continue their campaign of sweeping and haphazard layoffs across the federal government, with deeper cuts through agency plans now starting to unfold as well. Widespread job cuts are now planned for a range of agencies that deliver crucial public services, such as public education, Medicaid and Medicare, food safety, affordable housing, Social Security, public health, and health care for veterans, among others.

In emails that began arriving late Monday, senior leaders across the Department of Health and Human Services were put on administrative leave and offered reassignment to remote locations at the Indian Health Service as other employees began receiving layoff notices. At the National Institutes of Health, a nearly $48 billion biomedical research agency, at least five top leaders were put on leave.

(CNN) — A massive wave of job cuts began at US health agencies early Tuesday, with some employees receiving early morning emails that their jobs were eliminated and some unable to access the building when they arrived at work. It was not immediately clear how many employees had received notice Tuesday morning. CNN has reached out the US Department of Health and Human Services for comment. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said last week that 10,000 full-time employees would be cut on top of thousands who had already left...

Layoffs started. Atlanta-based CDC employees received pink slips Tuesday as the Trump administration began cutting thousands of federal health jobs. Why It Matters: Atlanta residents working at the CDC now face unemployment during a major government restructuring that could impact the region’s economy and the nation’s ability to track diseases. What’s Happening: The Department of Health and Human Services is eliminating positions across major health agencies.