REUTERS/Kent NishimuraMarty Makary, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to be US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner, attends a Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Senate Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, March 6, 2025. REUTERS/Kent NishimuraThe 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, according to two sources familiar with the situation. At the CDC, fired staff worked at National Center for Environmental Health, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, according to the second source. Officials at the US Department of Health and Human Services were not immediately available for comment. The cuts are part of a wide plan by President Donald Trump and billionaire ally Elon Musk to shrink staffing levels in federal departments and agencies.

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