RFK Jr. Announces Mass Terminations, Major Restructuring at HHS

Approximately a quarter of Department of Health and Human Services staff members are being laid off.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., nominee for secretary of Health and Human Services, testifies before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on Capitol Hill on Jan. 30, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), on March 27 announced major changes at HHS, including the merging of some divisions, in a bid to become more efficient.

“We are going to streamline HHS to make our agency more efficient and more effective,” Kennedy said in a video statement.