"If the savings from the layoffs were pennies from the HHS budget, this is hundredths of a penny," one current federal health agency employee said of the move. While bonus payments usually go out ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it will lay off about 10,000 full-time employees. The move is projected to save taxpayers $1.8 billion annually. What the ...

They are not included in the latest announcement, HHS spokesman Andrew Nixon said. The cuts were first reported by The Wall Street Journal. In its announcement, HHS said it will consolidate from ...

Kennedy Jr.’s overhaul plans. Job cuts took effect across HHS agencies — including the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Centers for Disease ...

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the cuts across HHS were Kennedy’s call. “The president has given the responsibility to his Cabinet secretaries to hire and fire at their ...

At the center of the controversy is Smith’s secretive approach and his attempts to shield one HHS agency he has ties to from the reduction in force process, according to the two officials as ...

HHS officials insisted to committee staff that the agency’s massive staffing cuts had been performed “with a scalpel” and “with nuance” but they did not have any numbers of who had been ...

"You previously received a notice regarding the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) upcoming reduction in force (RIF). That notice is hereby revoked," read the letter received by some ...

Why it matters: Outside experts as well as employees at HHS, the CDC and the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health who received reduction-in-force notices told POLITICO the cuts ...