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Pien Huang

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Health reporter covering public health and health disparities @NPR Signal: @pienhuang.88

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Will Stone @wstonereports.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
NEW: w/ @npr.org @pien-huang.bsky.social Just a few weeks after summarily firing hundreds of employees, the Trump administration is now notifying some staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that they're back on the job. "None of this is normal," said one CDC employee.
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In a sudden reversal, CDC rescinds some staff firings
Some employees who were previously fired received emails saying they're "clear to return to work."
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Isabella Cueto @isabellacueto.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Breaking: RFK Jr. moves to quietly eliminate public comment from HHS's decision making: www.statnews.com/2025/02/28/r...
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RFK Jr. moves to eliminate public comment in HHS decisions
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. moved to rescind the longtime practice of giving the public a chance to comment on the health agency’s plans.
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Pien Huang @pien-huang.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Ebola screening for travelers, testing for insect-borne diseases, support for state/local health depts -- all impacted by CDC job cuts w/ @wstonereports.bsky.social www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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Upheaval and firings at CDC raise fears about disease outbreak response
Staff and observers worry that the agency may not be prepared for emerging threats including bird flu and insect-borne diseases.
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stephen fowler @stphnfwlr.com · 25/02/2025
The latest update led by @shannonbond.bsky.social features contributions from across @npr.org's newsroom (!) : @andreahsu.bsky.social @pien-huang.bsky.social, Tom Bowman, @gbrumfiel.bsky.social, @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social, Megan Lim, @hansilowang.bsky.social @jennamclaughlin.bsky.social and more.
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Will Stone @wstonereports.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
"I'm going to work tomorrow and I don't know who's employed," said one of the CDC staffers, who had yet to receive any official notification about exactly which employees in their division had lost their jobs. @npr.org @sydneylupkin.bsky.social @pien-huang.bsky.social on the latest at CDC
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Health agencies lose staff members in key areas as Trump firings set in
As the dust settles from the first wave of firings at health agencies, here's how many people got cut and the impact of the roles that were lost.
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Pien Huang @pien-huang.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
An update on health data removal by me and @wstonereports.bsky.social. Thoughts, tips welcome: phuang@npr.org, pienhuang.88 on signal
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NPR @npr.org · 31/01/2025
BREAKING NEWS: Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.
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Trump administration purges websites across federal health agencies
Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.
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