#NIH #scientists have a #cancer breakthrough. #Layoffs are delaying it.
Scientists demonstrated a promising step toward using a person's own immune cells to fight gastrointestinal #cancers" at America's National Institutes of Health (or NIH), the same day the agency was hit with devastating layoffs that left many NIH personnel in tears.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/nih-scientists-have-a-cancer-breakthrough-layoffs-are-delaying-it/ar-AA1Co50C
From @slashdot America's NIH Scientists Have a Cancer Breakthrough. Layoffs are Delaying It.
https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/04/07/0444201/americas-nih-scientists-have-a-cancer-breakthrough-layoffs-are-delaying-it
#politics #science #health #news #UnitedStates #NIH #cancer #layoffs
#FDA #Layoffs Could Raise #Drug Costs and Erode Food Safety No mission, no research, no science, no knowledge. #FDA is eviscerated. In many areas of the #FDA, no #employees remain to process payroll, to file #retirement or layoff paperwork and to help overseas #inspectors who are at risk of maxing out agency credit cards. Even the agency’s #library where researchers and experts relied on medical journal subscriptions that have now been canceled, has been shut down. https://archive.is/NBha8
IRS plans to cut up to 25% of workforce in next round of layoffs
> The IRS started a new round of #layoffs on Friday beginning with the agency's Office of Civil Rights and Compliance,
> Overall, the agency is planning to cut nearly a quarter of its workforce with the cuts beginning Friday, sources familiar with the plans said. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/irs-plans-cut-25-workforce-round-layoffs/story?id=120520838 #MAGA #IRS
The initiatives provide leadership development, #teacher residency programs, training & other services. A coalition of Democratic-led states that challenged the funding freeze said it would trigger teacher #layoffs & other harm to #schools, weakening the teacher pipelines #Congress intended to enhance when it created the programs.
Is VR on the way out?
Civilization VII VR Studio Lays Off Staff Months After Record Annual Revenue
https://www.uploadvr.com/civilization-7-vr-studio-lays-off-staff/
Kāinga Ora proposes to cut 673 roles https://www.byteseu.com/894489/ #JobCuts #layoffs #NewZealand
American Library Association: ALA says White House “cutting off opportunity” for Americans as administration cuts IMLS staff. “Today, the American Library Association (ALA) issued the following statement upon news that all staff at the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) were placed on administrative leave for an unknown length of time and, thus, all grants and contracts […]
#Layoffs by the federal government drove job losses last month to the highest levels in the pandemic.
What do federal workers actually do? From business exports to veteran care, a law professor looks at the 35,000 federal workers in Philadelphia region: https://buff.ly/AzBpHC2
#TheGremlinZoo #USPol #Tariffs #Layoffs
From CNN.com: Tariff-related layoffs hit five US auto plants that supply factories in Canada and Mexico
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/03/business/tariff-related-layoffs-hit-five-us-auto-plants?cid=ios_app
Any #corporations not looking up #political affiliation before mass #layoffs is really missing a completely legal (except CA) opportunity to educate the #morons that #voted for this mess.
He's gonna make 'em grow again 
"Stellantis says it will temporarily lay off 900 US workers following tariff announcement"
President Trump says Elon Musk will leave DOGE at some point https://www.byteseu.com/889752/ #Branch #Department #DepartmentOfGovernmentEfficiency #donald #DonaldTrump #EFFICIENCY #Elon #ElonMusk #executive #ExecutiveBranch #federal #FederalGovernmentLayoffs #Government #house #layoffs #Motors #musk #Neutral #of #Overall #OverallNeutral #Politics #presidential #residence #SpaceX #Tesla #TeslaMotors #trump #white #WhiteHouse(presidentialResidence)
#WordPress #Automattic #layoffs
'Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, Tumblr, WooCommerce, and a range of other online services, is reducing its workforce. The layoffs will impact 16% of staff across divisions, an Automattic blog post published Wednesday reveals.'
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/02/wordpress-maker-automattic-lays-off-16-of-staff/
TechCrunch: WordPress maker Automattic lays off 16% of staff. “Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, Tumblr, WooCommerce, and a range of other online services, is reducing its workforce. The layoffs will impact 16% of staff across divisions, an Automattic blog post published Wednesday reveals.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/03/techcrunch-wordpress-maker-automattic-lays-off-16-of-staff/
Company behind WordPress just fired a lot of people:
“Automattic declined to confirm this number but we’re hearing the exact number was 281.”
“The layoffs include some longtime employees who have been with the company for north of a decade, we understand.”
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/02/wordpress-maker-automattic-lays-off-16-of-staff/
#BigPharma #layoffs add to rising unemployment statistics in #California #BayArea , as scientific and #research cuts affect hundreds of positions across three #BioTech corps including #Gilead & #Roche.
Thousands of #Health and Human Services (#HHS) employees across the country are being dismissed on Tuesday as the #Trump administration began implementing its controversial workforce reduction plan, which could ultimately remove 10,000 staff from the department through forced #layoffs – slashing nearly a quarter of its workforce through a combination of layoffs and early retirement offers.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/01/trump-health-agency-layoffs-cuts
HHS indludes:
#FDA #CDC #NIH
Centers for #Medicare and #Medicaid Services (#CMS)
