section_path: Secretary of Health and Human Services (2025–present)/Tenure/Firing staff
section_name: Firing staff
paragraph_text: Firing staff
  
  On February 14, 2025, agencies including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) were informed that approximately 5,200 newly hired federal health workers were to be fired that day.
  
  In April 2025, Kennedy fired most of the staff of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, shuttering nearly all its departments. Programs including approvals of new workplace safety equipment and research into firefighter health were abruptly canceled.
  
  In June 2025, Kennedy announced that he was removing all 17 members of the ACIP and replacing them with new members.
  
  On February 14, 2025, agencies including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) were informed that approximately 5,200 newly hired federal health workers were to be fired that day.
  
  In April 2025, Kennedy fired most of the staff of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, shuttering nearly all its departments. Programs including approvals of new workplace safety equipment and research into firefighter health were abruptly canceled.
  
  In June 2025, Kennedy announced that he was removing all 17 members of the ACIP and replacing them with new members.