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US health agency layoffs gut mine safety, infertility and smoking programs

Summary by The Guardian

Thousands lost jobs as sweeping cuts reshape public health, leaving experts and lawmakers scrambling From experts in mine safety to smoking and infertility – mass layoffs hit branch after branch of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr’s plan to downsize nearly a quarter of the 82,000-person workforce took effect.Even as the sprawling nature of layoffs became apparent on Tuesday, a comp…

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BostonGlobe.com

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Mass General Brigham said layoffs would largely spare front-line clinicians. Then the cuts came. - The Boston Globe

Among the employees who have been dismissed are chaplains for grieving families, a counselor for abuse victims, and a specialist in helping patients quit smoking.

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Trump, RFK Jr. job cuts gut World Trade Center health program, paralyze care

The Trump administration has gutted the agency overseeing the World Trade Center Health Program, a move advocates say will wreak havoc on the program's operations and bring critical operations to a standstill.

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