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FDA staff hard pressed to meet product review deadlines because of DOGE job cuts

Submitted by mike kraft on Fri, 2025-03-28 09:38

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U.S. CDC is pulling back $11B in Covid funding sent to state and local health departments

Submitted by mike kraft on Fri, 2025-03-28 09:24

CDC is pulling back $11B in Covid funding sent to health departments across the U.S. “Now that the pandemic is over, the grants and cooperative agreements are no longer necessary," federal health authorities wrote to funding recipients this week. NBC News

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HHS oversees 13 agencies, including the CDC, which is tasked with protecting the nation’s health. Notices began going out Monday, and awardees have 30 days to reconcile their expenditures. Figures are subject to change.

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Climate change dropped from U.S. intelligence agencies' anual threat assement in 2nd Trump adminstration's first report.

Submitted by mike kraft on Thu, 2025-03-27 12:34

Climate change taken off spy agencies' global threat list Climate change has been included in annual threat assessments since 2009, in one form or another. Andrew Freedman Axios

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Trump administration is seeking forced treatment instead of housing for the homeless.

Submitted by mike kraft on Thu, 2025-03-27 11:14

Trump Turns Homelessness Response Away From Housing, Toward Forced Treatment - KFF Health News The Trump administration is moving to end the “Housing First” approach despite warnings from providers and homelessness experts that the shift won’t work. But with homelessness rising, President Donald Trump could find allies in blue cities and states as the public clamors for streets to be cleaned up. khnangelah KFF Health News

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RFK Jr eliminates another 10,000 jobs in U.S. Health and Human Services agency

Submitted by mike kraft on Thu, 2025-03-27 09:59

U.S. health department plans to slash 10,000 jobs as RFK Jr. upends agencies

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U.S.Agriculture Dept is cutting funds to support food banks for the needy

Submitted by mike kraft on Wed, 2025-03-26 17:42

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-cuts-hit-struggling-food-banks-risking-hunger-low-income-americans-2025-03-25/

U.S. Agriculture Dept cuts support for food banks

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Trump administration cuts funds for tracking infectious diseases, mental health services, addiction treatment

Submitted by mike kraft on Wed, 2025-03-26 17:14

The Department of Health and Human Services has abruptly canceled more than $12 billion in federal grants to states that were being used for tracking infectious diseases, mental health services, addiction treatment and other urgent health issues.

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