CDC, FDA, NIH are among agencies shedding thousands of workers. Some senior leaders and entire divisions are being cut.

The agencies responsible for research, tracking disease and regulating food are expected to lay off 10,000 people.

The Texas health department reported 422 cases of measles in the state on Tuesday, an increase from 400 in its previous count on March 28.

The health department says this is Kent County's first confirmed measles case since 2013, and Michigan's second case this year.

West Texas measles outbreak on Tuesday. The state has reported 422 cases since January. On Tuesday, the first cases were reported in Brown and Erath counties. The Texas Department of State Health Services reported 22 new measles cases in connection with a West Texas measles outbreak Tuesday.

State and local public health departments are bracing themselves as the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pulls back about $11.4 billion in grants that were allocated to state and community health departments during the Covid-19 pandemic response.

Attorneys general and other officials from 23 states and the District of Columbia are suing the Trump administration for its decision to claw back $11 billion that went to public health departments fo

The Trump administration began mass layoffs of 10,000 staffers at U.S. health agencies on Tuesday, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation, with security guards barring entry to some employees just hours after they received dismissal notices.

Rhode Island's Attorney General is now leading another court fight against President Trump's funding cuts. This time, Peter Neronha is joining with 23 other states to sue the Trump administration over health money that was slashed last week.

Democratic officials in 23 states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday sued the Trump administration for clawing back roughly $12 billion in health grants awarded during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sweeping federal health layoffs spark controversy as major agencies face reorganization under Trump's latest initiative.

A coalition of state attorneys general sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its decision to cut $11 billion in federal funds that go toward COVID-19 initi

The Trump administration fired staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and at the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday, as it embarked on its plan to cut 10,000 jobs at the Department of Health and Human Services,