According to an internal HHS email reviewed by NBC News, the Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children (ACHDNC) was terminated, without explanation, on April 3.

The sweeping HHS layoffs have been chaotic and stressful for employees of the massive health department. They may also be illegal, according to lawyers and federal employment experts. Healthcare ...

FIRING FRENZY — HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s gutting of the nation’s health agencies on Thursday sent shockwaves through the federal government, Chelsea reports with POLITICO’s ...

The Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday it plans to cut 10,000 full-time jobs across several agencies, as part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to restructure many ...

“Over time, bureaucracies like HHS become wasteful and inefficient even when most of their staff are dedicated and competent civil servants,” Kennedy said in a statement. In a letter to FDA ...

The HHS reorganization will dissolve ACL and rearrange those programs across other agencies. ACL is the agency responsible for supporting aging and disabled individuals. “I don’t know what’s ...

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 ...

In a video statement posted on X, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the department’s budget and staffing had grown significantly in recent years without corresponding improvements in ...

According to HHS, the ‘dramatic restructuring’ will save taxpayers $1.8 billion annually. NBC News’ Anne Thompson has the latest on what agencies the cuts will affect.March 27, 2025 ...

Thousands of workers have been laid off at the Department of Health and Human Services and now we can include in that the dismantling of HHS' Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization.

The Department of Health and Human Services plans to slash 10,000 employees in a major restructuring of the whole department, ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the current HHS secretary, should heed that advice. His reorganization is confusing and has already rattled the talented HHS workforce — and it has put at risk any effort ...