Trump Cuts Target Next Generation of Public Health Leaders

“President Trump’s plan to shrink the size of the federal work force dealt blows to thousands of civil servants in the past few days,” the New York Times reports.

“But the cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services — coming on the heels of the coronavirus pandemic, the worst public health crisis in a century — have been especially jarring. Experts say the firings threaten to leave the country exposed to further shortages of health workers, putting Americans at risk if another crisis erupts.”