Today, thousands of workers at federal health agencies across the country found out they were being fired. NPR's Selena Simmons-Duffin is here in the studio to talk about it.

Widespread firings start at federal health agencies including many in leadership By Rob Stein, Sydney Lupkin, Selena Simmons-Duffin, Yuki Noguchi, Carmel Wroth | NPR Published Apr 1, 2025 12:49 PM ...

These cuts come on top of around 10,000 people already leaving the agencies under the Trump administration's Fork in the Road offer and early retirement.

The Trump administration began sending notices of termination to thousands of staffers at federal health agencies Tuesday, according to interviews with employees and officials at multiple agencies and ...