The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is set to undergo significant staffing cuts, reducing its workforce to 62,000 positions. This restructuring involves eliminating 10,000 jobs through direct layoffs and another 10,000 via voluntary retirement offers. These layoffs coincide with newly appointed Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s plan to remake the department. Key changes include consolidating agencies overseeing addiction services and community health under a new office and significant leadership changes at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The layoffs are expected to shrink HHS to 62,000 positions, signaling a major restructuring that will eliminate nearly a quarter of its workforce.
At the NIH, cuts included at least four directors from its 27 institutes, highlighting significant shifts in leadership and operational capacity.
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