A team of federal officials tasked with helping cities and states navigate the effects of climate change on people’s health was disbanded Tuesday, part of a sweeping overhaul ordered by US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F.

With Kennedy now leading the Department of Health and Human Services during a measles outbreak and providing medical advice that public health experts say is misguided (if not dangerous), this past episode reveals his troubling attitude toward measles and vaccines.

Current and former staffers say that after thousands of people were laid off, the future of agencies like the CDC and FDA are uncertain.

Top federal health leaders across the Department of Health and Human Services were effectively ousted Tuesday from their posts.

Kevin Griffs, who was the former director of the CDC’s Office of Communications from 2022 until just ten days ago, joins Chris Jansing to share his concerns over RFK Jr. and the team he has running the Department of Health and Human Services.

The downsizing includes pushing out about 10,000 full-time employees through early retirements, deferred resignations, and other efforts. Another 10,000 will be laid off in a brutal restructuring, bringing the total HHS workforce from 82,000 to 62,000.

The White House is frustrated with the “mess” of communications coming from Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Department of Health and Human Services, according to a report. Trump administration sources told Axios that Kennedy loyalist Stefanie Spear—his current deputy chief of staff and former presidential campaign press secretary—is being blamed for the department’s slow and unclear messaging.

Anti-vaccine advocate and health secretary for the United States, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., ordered the nonprofit he once chaired to delete a webpage that mimicked the design of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention while wrongly linking vaccines to autism. The New York Times earlier reported on the development.

HHS Secretary RFK Jr., with help from DOGE, is planning a restructuring with sweeping cuts expected at multiple agencies.

Meanwhile, NBC News reported this afternoon that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is pulling back $11.4 billion in funding from the agency, which it allocated to state and local health departments as well as partners.