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Two months into the brand new administration, federal employees and contractors stay off-balance because the Trump administration ramps up its efforts to cancel jobs and packages — at the same time as federal judges declare a lot of these efforts unlawful and/or unconstitutional.
As it eliminates packages deemed duplicative or pointless, nonetheless, President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency can be reducing packages and employees aligned with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again” agenda.
This week’s panelists are Julie Rovner of KFF Health News, Jessie Hellmann of CQ Roll Call, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet, and Rachel Roubein of The Washington Post.
Among the takeaways from this week’s episode:
Kennedy’s feedback this week about permitting chicken flu to unfold unchecked by means of farms supplied one other instance of the brand new secretary of well being and human companies making claims that lack scientific help and will as an alternative undermine public well being.
The Trump administration is experiencing extra pushback from the federal courts over its efforts to scale back and dismantle federal companies, and federal employees who’ve been rehired below courtroom orders report returning to uncertainty and instability inside authorities companies.
The second Trump administration is signaling it plans to dismantle HIV prevention packages within the United States, together with efforts that the primary Trump administration began. A Texas midwife is accused of performing unlawful abortions. And a Trump appointee resigns after being focused by a Republican senator.
Plus, for “extra credit,” the panelists recommend well being coverage tales they learn this week that they suppose it’s best to learn, too:
Julie Rovner: The Washington Post’s “The Free-Living Bureaucrat,” by Michael Lewis.
Rachel Roubein: The Washington Post’s “Her Research Grant Mentioned ‘Hesitancy.’ Now Her Funding Is Gone.” by Carolyn Y. Johnson.
Sarah Karlin-Smith: KFF Health News’ “Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants,” by Arthur Allen.
Jessie Hellmann: Stat’s “NIH Cancels Funding for a Landmark Diabetes Study at a Time of Focus on Chronic Disease,” by Elaine Chen.
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