First on Fox: The Ministry of Health and human services (HHS) still employs more people than in 2019, despite “Democrat Hysteria” about recent cuts within the department’s agencies, FOX News Digital has learned exclusively.
A Senior Trump administration official told Fox News Digital that there have been 6,000 departure of HHS since 20 January, inauguration day. However, the agency still employs nearly 6,000 more people than in 2019, including more than 2,000 employees at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with regard to 2019 figures, and 1,200 employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC ).
Hiring HHS that was landed between the tax year 2019 and 2024, said the senior Trump administration officer, by 17% more full-time employees by 2024. Fifty percent of the general jobs in the US that were erected in 2024 were, were, were Indirect or direct government jobs, the jobs of the government, the jobs officially added.
“Democrat Hysteria Over Essential offices in HHS that are agreed – again, every operational division has more or roughly stagnant workforce compared to “Fiscal Year 2019, a Senior Trump Administration told FOX News Digital.

President Donald Trump, on the right, signed an executive order that the Make America Healthy Again Commission has informed after confirming health and human services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Getty Images)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed on Thursday and sworn in as the 26th Minister of Health and Human Services, then President Donald Trump Also signed an executive order for making the Make America Healthy Again Commission, “investigating and tackling the root causes of the escalating health crisis of America.” The committee will initially focus its studies on chronic diseases in children, such as autism.
News reports spread shortly after the confirmation of Kennedy that widespread dismissals were on their way to HHS employees, including within the CDC and the FDA. The Trump administration is working to streamline the federal government by reducing excessive expenses and eradicating potential fraud or mismanagement, including mass dismissals from various agencies.
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The head of the FDA’s food department, Jim Jones, submitted his letter of resignation on Monday, according to various news reports, with the arbitration of the “random fire” of the administration of staff in his division will be a “roadblock to be the declared objectives of the secretary reach to make America healthy again. “

Hiring health and human services that are his land and 2024 between the tax year 2019 and 2024, said a senior Trump Administration civil servant, with 17% more full-time employees by 2024. (Jacqueline Larma/The Associated Press)
“I was looking forward to working on pursuing the department’s agenda to improve Americans’ health by reducing diet -related chronic diseases and risks of chemicals in food,” Jones said. “It is increasingly clear that with the contempt of the Trump government for the people needed to implement your agenda, however, it would have been fruitless for me to continue in this role.”
Federal employees also organized a protest outside HHS in Washington, DC, on Friday, while a cohort of academic trade unions throughout the country collect the science community to join another protest outside HHS on Wednesday as a “national action day”.
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The Trump Government Explained to Fox News Digital that those who were terminated during the weekend include probation staff who are those individuals who have recently been hired by the agency and are still being considered for long-term employment.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed and sworn in as the 26th Minister of Health and Human Services on 13 February. (Jon Cherry/Getty Images)
“No people who wear long -term essential ‘institutional’ knowledge,” said the admin officer of those who have ended.
The recent HHS that cleared this weekend did not include key staff aimed at emergency preparation and response within the administration for strategy parate and response (ASPR), the CDC and other HHS divisions, nor did research scientists agree with the CDC of National Institutes of health, or Frontline Healthcare providers at the Indian Health Service, employees who work on Medicare and Medicaid in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or those who assess and approve drugs or approve inspections on the FDA.
Moreover, employees who worked on resettlement of refugees within the board of children and families were exempt from the dismissals of the weekend.
“Cutbacks that we made during the weekend at HHS did not endanger the health and safety of Americans,” added the admin officer.
Kennedy promised during his Senate mounting hearings That he would investigate the previous modus operandi of the department, remove potential financial conflicts and ensure that tax dollars were spent on strengthening healthy food for Americans and providing “unbiased” scientific reports.
“We will ensure that our tax dollars support healthy food. We will investigate the chemical additives in our food supply. We will remove the financial conflicts of interest in our agencies,” he told the Senate Finance Committee in describing its goals. “We will create an honest, unbiased, science -driven HHS, responsible for the president, to the congress and to the American people.”

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Minister of Health and Human Services, and President Donald Trump, left, promised the campaign track to “make America healthy again”, including focusing their focus on autism among young people in recent years. (Jason C. Andrew/Bloomberg via Getty images)
Both Kennedy and Trump promised to “Make America healthy again“Including their focus on autism among young people in recent years. The recently beaten Maha committee will investigate chronic conditions for both adults and children, including those related to autism, the White House said it is one in 36 children meets.
The committee is expected to “publish an assessment that summarizes what is known and what questions remain with regard to the crisis for chronic diseases in children and international comparisons”, within 100 days of the committee’s establishment. Within 180 days it is expected to “produce a strategy, based on the findings of the assessment, to improve the health of American children,” Fox Digital reported.
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Since the confirmation of Kennedy, legislators have introduced a wave of accounts at state level that are aimed at promoting priorities defended by Kennedy and the Maha movement, including forbidding junk food such as candy and soft drinks of School lunches And other accounts aimed at changing the rules of the State vaccine.
Alec Schemmel from FOX News Digital has contributed to this report.