US EditionUS government shutdown to furlough 41% of health agency workers
If a shutdown occurs, 32,460 HHS employees will be furloughed, suspending key public health activities including research and contractor oversight, officials said.
- Congress must pass a funding bill by Tuesday to prevent a partial federal government shutdown affecting health agencies.
- The looming shutdown follows unresolved budget negotiations amid threats from President Trump’s administration to permanently remove some agency workers if funding lapses.
- Over the weekend, a contingency staffing plan indicated that 41% of the 79,717 employees within the federal health agency would face furloughs, including 64% of staff at the CDC and more than 75% at the NIH.
- The plan indicates that the CDC's ability to communicate health information to the public will be limited, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will lose the capacity to monitor key contractors, and the NIH will restrict new patient admissions to medically necessary cases only.
- These furloughs could suspend critical public health functions, suggesting significant disruptions in disease prevention, research, and federal employee status amid the shutdown threat.
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President Donald Trump's administration started detailing its plans on Monday for which services it will pause if the federal government shuts down this week, with the U.S. health department slated to furlough 41% of its workforce. The impending shutdown will be different ...
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Times of IndiaTrump administration begins detailing shutdown plans as deadline nears
President Donald Trump’s administration started detailing its plans on Monday for which services it will pause if the federal government shuts down this week, with the U.S. health department slated to furlough 41% of its workforce. The impending shutdown will…
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