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CDC scraps plan to help Texas schools curb measles over layoffs, employee says
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has scrapped a plan to offer help curbing measles in Texas schools after ...
Scientific American2dOpinion
Gutting NIOSH Endangers Every U.S. Worker
I was fired from my job as a scientist at the only federal agency dedicated to the science of workplace safety. The Trump ...
Occupational Health & Safety2d
AIHA Launches National Campaign to Restore NIOSH Amid Deep Federal Cuts
A national campaign to restore NIOSH funding and staffing launches amid sweeping federal cuts that threaten core workplace ...
Thousands of Urine and Tissue Samples Are in Danger of Rotting After Staff Cuts at a CDC Laboratory
Workers who recently lost their jobs at the National Institute for Occupational Safety say they’re concerned that there’s no ...
Appalachian group addresses ‘coordinated attack on coal miner safety’
Former NIOSH employees are continuing to speak out against federal cuts that will negatively impact coal miner safety in West ...
STAT3dOpinion
The CDC’s critical occupational safety institute has been virtually wiped out
The loss of the CDC’s occupational safety office, NIOSH, may have long-term consequences, particularly for H5N1 bird flu ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)3d
As NOAA shrinks under Trump’s cuts, employees speak out
Current and former employees of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say fewer people working with fewer ...
Federal job cuts hit NIOSH hard in Morgantown, leaving workers vulnerable — what to do if you’re affected
The layoffs come amid a sweeping federal reorganization effort led by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as part of the Trump administration’s Department of Government ...
‘We are flying blind’: RFK Jr.’s cuts halt data collection on abortion, cancer, HIV and more
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s purge of tens of thousands of federal workers has halted efforts to collect data on ...