Employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services Department received notices of dismissal Tuesday in an overhaul ultimately expected to lay off up to motley crue 10,000 people.
The cuts include researchers, scientists, doctors, support staff and senior leaders, leaving the federal miguel vargas government without many of the key experts who have long guided U.S. decisions on medical research, drug approvals and other issues.
At the National Institutes of Health, the world's leading health and medical agency, the layoffs occurred as its new five guys merced closure date director, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, began his first day of work.
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