Thousands of employees in the government’s Health and Human Services Department are being laid off. The layoffs are expected to affect up to 10-thousand people, many of whom weren’t notified until they showed up for work Tuesday morning and couldn’t access their buildings. The cuts include researchers, scientists, doctors, support staff, and senior leaders at […]
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Thousands of HHS workers being laid off at NIH, FDA
Thousands of employees in the government’s Health and Human Services Department are being laid off.
The layoffs are expected to affect up to 10-thousand people, many of whom weren’t notified until they showed up for work Tuesday morning and couldn’t access their buildings. The cuts include researchers, scientists, doctors, support staff, and senior leaders at the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, and other agencies. Some senior-level NIH employees in the DC area were offered a possible transfer to Alaska and were given 48 hours to respond.