Trump’s Threat of Health Layoffs Adds Risk to Crisis Response

If President Donald Trump moves to fire thousands of federal health workers, the US’s ability to respond to health crises would be at risk, according to public health watchers and former officials.

Federal agencies such as the Department of Health and Human Services, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are seeing a directional shift under the Trump administration.

Trump’s pick to lead the HHS, vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr., plans to overhaul how the agency combats chronic diseases. And recent reports say Trump is planning an executive order slashing staff at the ...