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'Your RIF notice is not cancelled.' Inside a chaotic week of massive layoffs at HHS

'Your RIF notice is not cancelled.' Inside a chaotic week of massive layoffs at HHS

Health agency staffers describe a week of widespread uncertainty about who still has a job and how the work will get done as thousands of "reduction in force" notices went out beginning April 1. To many it's the opposite of "government efficiency."
by Rob Stein, Yuki Noguchi, Sydney Lupkin, Chiara Eisner, Selena Simmons-Duffin and Carmel Wroth

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After federal firings, officials worry about program that helps many Minnesotans pay for heat

After federal firings, officials worry about program that helps many Minnesotans pay for heat

Minnesota was scheduled to receive an additional $12 million to $13 million in LIHEAP funds to help another 10,000 households. If that payment is delayed, the program could run out of money by mid-April.
by Kirsti Marohn

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States sue Trump administration for rescinding billions in health funding

States sue Trump administration for rescinding billions in health funding

Attorneys general and other officials from 23 states and the District of Columbia are suing the Trump administration for its decision to claw back $11 billion that went to public health departments for COVID-19 efforts and addiction and mental health programs.
by The Associated Press

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Layoffs begin at U.S. health agencies responsible for research, tracking disease and regulating food

Layoffs begin at U.S. health agencies responsible for research, tracking disease and regulating food

Employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services Department began receiving notices of dismissal Tuesday in an overhaul ultimately expected to lay off up to 10,000 people.
by The Associated Press

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As measles cases rise, some parents become vaccine enthusiasts

As measles cases rise, some parents become vaccine enthusiasts

Vaccine hesitancy has been growing in the U.S. in recent years. But as Texas measles cases rise and other states report outbreaks too, some parents want their kids to get their shots early.
by Maria Godoy

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Minnesota loses $27.5 million in behavioral health funds as part of Trump administration cuts

Minnesota loses $27.5 million in behavioral health funds as part of Trump administration cuts

Overnight this week, the Minnesota Department of Human Services lost hundreds of contracts, amounting to $27.5 million, after massive federal cuts from the Trump administration.
by Tom Crann and Gretchen Brown

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