CDC, NIH and more health agencies brace for layoffs with DOGE and RFK Jr.'s restructuring. Here's what we know.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr., with help from DOGE, is planning a restructuring with sweeping cuts expected at multiple agencies.
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South Carolina public health chief’s confirmation hearing overshadowed by COVID anger
As the first director of South Carolina's newly organized health agency, Dr. Edward Simmer has a vision of reducing infant mortality, fighting childhood cancers and reducing drug overdoses.
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SC Department of Public Health could be getting a permanent head
Governor Henry McMaster’s latest cabinet nomination is getting some pushback from legislators. Dr. Edward Simmer is currently ...
EPA to review landmark 2009 finding that greenhouse gases are a danger to public health
Environmental Protection Agency to review a key 2009 finding by the agency that greenhouse gases pose a risk to Americans.
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Top US health agency offers $25,000 buyout to most of its employees
He has not gone that far, but in an interview last month shortly after being sworn in last month, Kennedy said he wanted to remove some workers from the public health agencies. “I have a list in ...
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Top US health agency makes $25,000 buyout offer to most of its 80,000 employees
He has not gone that far, but in an interview last month shortly after being sworn in last month, Kennedy said he wanted to remove some workers from the public health agencies. “I have a list in my ...