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Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in Washington, as President Donald Trump, left, and Mehmet Oz, Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, look on. 
Recently fired CDC employees called the Trump administration’s latest mass layoffs an “intentional attack” on the agency and Americans’ health during a Tuesday press briefing.
