The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services canceled around $12 billion in federal grants to states that were allocated during the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal department and state officials said on Wednesday.

The Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday announced plans to cut 10,000 employees amid an executive order from President Donald Trump to downsize federal agencies.

The Food and Drug Administration, responsible for setting standards for Americans’ foods and medications, will shed 3,500 workers, while the Centers

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the agency’s 28 divisions will be cut to 15.

(CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday it is cutting 10,000 full-time employees across health agencies, the department told CNN. This comes on top of 10,000 employees who’ve left voluntarily, shrinking the workforce from about 82,000 full-time employees to 62,000.

Health Secretary and anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is slashing a total of 20,000 jobs across the Department of Health and Human Services—or about 24 percent of the workforce—in a sweeping overhaul said to improve efficiency and save money, Kennedy and the HHS announced Thursday.

Cuts will affect the Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the National Institutes of Health

The Trump administration announced 20,000 layoffs at the US Department of Health and Human Services, part of a drastic restructuring of the agency that includes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),

The US Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have terminated $250 million in ongoing and planned federal funding for public and behavioral healthcare in Colorado.