Robert F. Kennedy Jr., head of the Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Trump administration, reportedly personally approved the firing of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s wife, Christine Grady, from her post leading the National Institutes of Health Clinical Centers’ bioethics department. According to Politico, there was a “mass reduction in force across the health department, effectively gutted leadership at the NIH’s infections disease office and key parts of the Food and Drug Administration.” Kennedy is also said to have “reassigned” a handful of Fauci’s colleagues.
In a post on X, Kennedy acknowledged the mass overhaul taking place but said the move was necessary: “This is a difficult moment for all of us at HHS. Our hearts go out to those who have lost their jobs. But
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