Yuki Noguchi
Stories
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CDC workers were coordinating hurricane recovery when they were fired
The efforts to assess ongoing mental and physical needs of the community hard hit by Hurricane Helene were canceled.
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Coal miners' health care hit hard in job cuts to CDC
The CDC unit that dramatically reduced Black Lung Disease among coal miners has been fired in Trump's sweeping overhaul of health agencies. Mining communities must now grapple with its disappearance.
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'The coal miners' doctor' gets fired at CDC
The CDC unit that monitored all coal workers' health, including black lung disease, is gone. Their physicians wonder, "Now what?"
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Widespread firings start at federal health agencies including many in leadership
Staffers began receiving termination notices this morning as part of a major restructuring at HHS. Some senior leadership are on their way out too.
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The FDA will lose 3,500 jobs as part of the HHS cuts. How will this impact you?
10,000 jobs will be cut at the Department of Health and Human Services, which includes the Food and Drug Administration. How will this affect the safety of prescription drugs and medical devices?
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Trump wants to erase DEI. Researchers worry it will upend work on health disparity
Cancer researchers working on health disparities say President Trump's actions could hurt rural whites, who lag behind other groups in cancer screening.
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Researchers fear grants for studies on health disparities may be cut in anti-DEI push
The Trump administration's broad definition of DEI could also impact health outcomes for rural White Americans
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Her cancer diagnosis made motherhood both harder and more sweet
As cancer rates rise among people under 50, more and more parents are facing the heightened emotions and challenging logistics of raising kids while going through treatment.
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She got her dream job at CDC back. But she's already moving on
An unknown number of fired CDC workers got their jobs back this week. Among them was Bri McNulty, who had shared her story with NPR.
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A CDC worker was fired. Then unexpectedly got her job back. She's not sure what to do
CDC Public Health Associate Bri McNulty, who talked to NPR about being summarily fired last week, got an email that she had her job back. In the meantime, McNulty got a job offer at Penn State.
