Senate Democrats press HHS over FDA firings

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Senate Democrats press HHS over FDA firings

A pair of Democratic senators are pushing back against the Trump administration’s decision to terminate a host of positions at the Food and Drug Administration, raising concerns that the firings could affect drug and device approvals and food safety efforts. In a two-page letter sent to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Friday, first shared with CQ Roll Call, Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., the ranking Democrat on the Appro…

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Top FDA food safety official's resignation letter warns firings will backfire on RFK Jr.

James Jones resigned as FDA deputy commissioner and said the Trump administration's "indiscriminate" job cuts show "disdain for the very people necessary to implement your agenda."

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Jones reportedly resigned Monday after the Trump Administration fired thousands of HHS employees.

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U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) staffers who reviewed Elon Musk's startup Neuralink were fired over the weekend as part of a sweeping federal workforce cutback by his own government watchdog, DOGE, two sources told Reuters.

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FDA food division head resigns over staff cuts

Jim Jones, the head of the food division at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), resigned on Monday 17 February.

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RFK Jr.’s First Act as Secretary of HHS was to Fire FDA Staff Reviewing Musk’s Neuralink Medical Device - Medical Kidnap

The day after the U.S. Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s appointment as Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), the first firings at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) were announced, and they included FDA employees working in the medical device division, including the team that was investigating Elon Musk’s brain implant company, Neuralink. Neuralink was previously facing a federal investigation over alleged deaths of monkeys …