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The Guardian - US
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Jessica Glenza

RFK Jr plans 10,000 job cuts in restructuring of US health department

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Robert F Kennedy Jr testifies during a Senate hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, on 29 January 2025. Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images

Robert F Kennedy Jr said the nation’s health agencies will cut 10,000 jobs from their 82,000-person workforce – an enormous reduction the US health secretary characterized as streamlining federal bureaucracy amid internal resistance to the administration’s agenda.

The cuts announced on Thursday, along with previous restructuring and voluntary buyouts, mean the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will lose roughly 20,000 workers.

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