Layoffs Stoke Concerns Around Potential Rise in HIV Infections, Medical Costs
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Apr 10, 2025
Directed by the new head of HHS, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., various federal health care agencies recently began implementing sweeping layoffs with the goal of eliminating about 10,000 positions. It’s difficult to understand exactly what the extent of the ramifications will be, but infectious diseases, including HIV and hepatitis, are among the hardest hit areas.
According to the HIV+Hepatitis Policy Institute, layoffs included the entire staff of the HHS Office of Infectious Diseases & HIV Policy and the HHS Office of Minority Health, the policy and data division supporting the Health Resources & Services Administration’s Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program and hundreds of employees at HRSA’s Bureau of Primary Health Care.
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