It Is Happening Every Day, Every Where
Brandon Williams, the nominee to lead the National Nuclear Security Administration, said he would recommend reliance on “scientific information” rather than a restart of explosive testing.
In addition to reductions at agency personnel, federal regulators are demanding $2.9 billion in contract cancellations, The Times has learned.
The reorganization that began on Tuesday will scale back an agency that has been a public health model around the world.
As the Trump administration threatens to strip accrediting bodies of their power, many are scrambling to purge diversity requirements.
State health officials worry that declining vaccination rates have left many communities vulnerable nationwide.
States have been told that they can no longer use grants that were funding infectious disease management and addiction services.
After the health secretary promoted vitamin A as a cure, parents in West Texas began giving their children high doses, sometimes to prevent infection.
Currently the agency’s acting director, Dr. Monarez would be the first nonphysician to head the agency in more than 50 years.
Vaccination efforts have faltered, and many residents have turned to alternative treatments endorsed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary.
In West Texas, some with severe illness have not been taken to a doctor until their conditions worsened, officials said.