HHS undergoes mass layoffs beginning Tuesday after the department announced it would undergo major 'restructuring' to align with Trump's executive order.

HHS administers health insurance programs that affect nearly half the U.S. population, including Medicare and Medicaid, and regulates medical products and food. Critics warn that the scale of the cuts could jeopardize disease response capacity, scientific research, and regulatory oversight.

Job cuts affected the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — at all levels of seniority.

Employees at the Department of Health and Human Services began to receive notices of mass layoffs on Tuesday, days after HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that 10,000 people would lose their jobs,

The FDA’s Office of Strategic Programs was among the casualties in today’s early-morning layoffs that hit staff. Director Sridhar Mantha was among those cut. Mantha co-chaired the AI Council at the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research,

Thousands of employees of the Department of Health and Human Services were terminated Tuesday as the Trump administration continues to shrink the size of the federal government.