Trump admin fires members of FDA bird flu response team as cases spread

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Trump admin fires members of FDA bird flu response team as cases spread
  • The Trump administration dismissed members of the FDA’s bird flu response team, according to multiple sources. This action comes even as bird flu continues to spread.
  • President Donald Trump’s administration denied employees access to office buildings as part of a plan to shrink the federal government.
  • One employee claimed that the administration fired members of the administrative staff, managers and those who work in policy and legal affairs.

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The Trump administration announced it cut U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s bird flu response team members as part of its mass layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services.

The American Veterinary Medical Association and Reuters confirmed the firings.

The move comes as the Trump administration denied access to many employees attempting to enter office buildings as part of its plan to reduce the size of government.

Who did the Trump administration lay off?

The administration dismissed leadership and administration workers at the FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine.

An employee at the Center for Veterinary Medicine said the Trump administration dismissed nearly all administrative staff, as well as employees involved in policy, legal and communications work.

According to the employee who took a deferred resignation, the administration also terminated managers.

Ella Rae Greene, Editor In Chief

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