The Trump administration has reportedly dismissed entire CDC labs studying sexually transmitted diseases and hepatitis while firing NSA Director Timothy Haugh in a sweeping reorganization of health and security agencies.
The Trump administration has shuttered critical CDC laboratories researching STD and hepatitis outbreaks as part of 10,000 Department of Health and Human Services layoffs, officials confirmed. Simultaneously, NSA Director Timothy Haugh and Deputy Wendy Noble were abruptly dismissed, with Cyber Command’s William Hartmann named acting replacement. The moves come as HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dismantles pandemic response infrastructure.
“I am deeply disturbed by the decision to remove General Haugh,” said House Intelligence Committee Democrat Jim Himes, suggesting the NSA chief was fired for putting “national security first.” Current officials remain unclear about the leadership purge’s rationale, while terminated CDC scientists warn the lab closures will cripple disease surveillance. The administration has not commented on either personnel action.
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