Support workers at #FDA who were laid off earlier this month were told they weren't needed; their work was being done by others at #HHS. Now the agency is finalizing plans to contract out their work, @alexander-a-tin.bsky.social reports. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-replace-laid-off-employees-contractors/
#HHS just ramped up the #TrumpAdministration war on #trans kids just trying to live and be themselves.
"Thousands of grants, including many at public universities and on topics as politically benign as Alzheimer’s, have been caught in what critics say is an unprecedented slowdown of the American research system that is threatening to upend universities and halt progress toward medical innovations, treatments and cures."
#HHS INFRA destruction: jeopardizes millions of ppl's lives!
Much of the IT & cybersec INFRA underpinning the
US #health system: in DANGER OF A POSSIBLE COLLAPSE following a purge of IT staff & l'ship at #HHS -could put #publichealth data, incl the sensitive health records of 100s of Ms of Americans, clinical trial data... at risk of exposure.
As a result of a RIF -staff who oversee & renew contracts for critical enterprise svcs: gone.
#Trump #Musk #Firings #DOGE #USPol https://www.wired.com/story/department-health-human-services-possible-collapse/
"HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s visit to the FDA Friday was supposed to introduce him as a trusted leader to agency employees. It did anything but."
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/11/rfk-jr-hhs-fda-deep-state-00286826
DEAR GOD. 
#RFKJr IS NOT A DOCTOR. HE HAS NO FORMAL MEDICAL TRAINING.
And he's pushing junk/quack "science", "miracle cures", AND PRAYER as cures for deadly contagions like #Measles... praising a doctor in #Texas who is seeing unvaxinated children WHILE HE HIMSELF HAS THE (incurable) DISEASE.
AND CONSIDER: RFK is running just one dept (#HHS). The guy who appointed him is running THE ENTIRE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THE SAME WAY (from #NationalSecurity to the #Economy.)
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-how-is-it-possible-that-you-have-this-job-rfk-jr-s-incompetence-becomes-too-glaring-to-overlook-237213765616
Dr Oz is pushing #HHS towards #AI -claimed: patients have rated the care rec from an AI avatar: =to or better than a human dr.
CMS: refocusing on its core mission of the #Medicaid program & restoring fiscal INTEGRITY(?) -programs served primarily as a financing mechanism for states rather than being an integral part of MDCD prgm innovations.
Oz thinks AI can replace much what the prgms do. I spoke to a local co hosp exec, Oz isSHAKING THEM DOWN FOR DATA.
#USPol #Resist
https://www.wired.com/story/dr-oz-ai-health-care-medicare-cms-town-hall/
US measles cases surpass 700 with outbreaks in six states. Here's what to know - Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed in a televised Cabinet meeting Thursday that measles cases were plateauing nationally, but the virus continues to spread mostly in people who are unvaccinated… #Measles #vaccines #PublicHealth #RFKjr #RepuublicansDidThis #RepublicansOwnThis #virus #ChildhoodDiseases #HHS https://apnews.com/article/measles-outbreak-texas-rfk-new-mexico-kansas-vaccine-e904ec9781f1d164c73afe4ab71774fe
Incompetence personified! - RFK Jr. wants to target chronic disease in US tribes. A key program to do that was gutted - #RFKjr #PublicHealth #HHS #tribes #NativeAmericans https://apnews.com/article/healthy-tribes-rfk-chronic-disease-native-american-1b7f0a2da601fb54cd8cfa0a7a3c4b0c
"As cuts sweep across federal health agencies, the Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children (ACHDNC) has been terminated.
Notably, the ACHDNC...is responsible for the Recommended Uniform Screening Panel (RUSP), a standardized list of dozens of conditionsopens in a new tab or window the HHS secretary recommends states screen for as part of their universal newborn screening programs."
https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/features/115070
"Kennedy has erroneously called fluoride 'an industrial waste' and blamed its addition in drinking water on health issues including arthritis, bone fractures, bone cancer, IQ loss, neurodevelopmental disorders and thyroid disease. Health experts widely agree that fluoride — a common, naturally occurring mineral — at regulated levels is a major benefit to public health."
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/10/g-s1-59452/hhs-rfk-fluoride-drinking-water-epa
Can the #HHS agencies continue to function, given the deep cuts to administrative staff in the recent layoffs? Employees of these agencies are expressing deep fears that so much of the scaffolding is gone that the edifices could crumble. https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/11/hhs-layoffs-analysis-health-impact-nih-cuts-cdc-rif-fda-reduction-in-force/
"Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a significant commitment at Thursday's Cabinet meeting at the White House, saying that his agency will 'know what has caused the autism epidemic' by September."
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/rfk-jr-pledges-answer-autism-epidemic-september/story?id=120694914
If it's been too overwhelming to read every single thing about what's happening at federal health agencies, this piece from ten (10!) of my @STAT colleagues gives you an overview of what's happened and how bad it is:
“We are really trying to hold things together with our bare hands,” said one employee.
The man in charge of HHS used the R slur in an FDA meeting where he derided children with disabilities as well as people with autism.
This is the man in charge of health and human services for the entire United States.
RFK Jr is a snake oil salesman and a eugenicist. He speaks of disabled people as though they don’t deserve to live, and I truly believe that’s what he thinks of us.
He’s not going to cure autism (it’s not something that needs to be cured). He’s not going to cure the chronic disease epidemic.
He’s going to disappear us. Whether in ‘wellness camps’ or by making it impossible to access the treatments and supports we need to survive.
This article is deeply distressing:
The massive staff cuts at #HHS hit many of the folks who kept HHS running, leaving #NIH labs hoarding dwindling supplies & trying to decide whether further demanded cuts should affect critical people or critical equipment. Destruction, not restructuring. https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/11/hhs-layoffs-analysis-health-impact-nih-cuts-cdc-rif-fda-reduction-in-force/
Trump’s #firings at #HHS incl the entire office that sets fed poverty guidelines, which det whether tens of millions of Americans are eligible for health programs such as Medicaid, food assistance, child care, & other services.
Let them eat cake!
The Trump admin won't give Americans in need, cake, or virtually any food or help -halted FDA programs that benefited local farmers, schoolchildren, & #foodbanks, childcare programs, health svcs...
"The CDC has rejected a request from health officials in Milwaukee for help with a lead poisoning investigation, after HSS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. eliminated the agency's response team."
Trump & RFK Jr find sinister ways to sicken & kill us.
#Resist #HHS #Firings #DOGE #Musk #RFKJr #CDC #GOPDeathCult #USPol
Major public health groups and doctors call for RFKJr's resignation or firing.
