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Don't Get Sick~~A Reversal at FDA

The F.D.A. laid off and then reinstated some workers involved in review of medical devices.Credit...Derek Davis/Portland Portland Press Herald, via Getty Images


  

On Friday, we told you about layoffs at the Food and Drug Administration that set back the agency’s recent efforts to keep up with medical technology. My colleague Christina Jewett reports that many of those specialized workers — people involved in food safety, review of medical devices and other areas — have already been reinstated.

It’s unclear why F.D.A. officials reversed themselves. Christina notes the layoffs may not have saved the government much money. Several of the employees’ salaries are funded by fees companies pay the F.D.A., not taxpayers.

  • Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts warned the commerce secretary that Musk’s team could gain access to trade secrets and other data from his competitors held by the department.

  • A fake video of Musk and Trump appeared on televisions at the federal housing agency this morning as employees there returned to the office full time.

    • Elon Musk personally called the leader of the hard-right Alternative for Germany party to congratulate her on the party’s gains in last weekend’s election — but she slept through the call.

    • Some of the voters flooding Republicans’ town halls to complain about the Trump administration’s early moves are specifically citing Musk.

    • Meanwhile, he lost a battle in the fight over access to government data. A federal judge barred his team from student loan databases.

    • And it is not just a court throwing up roadblocks. After Musk told federal workers to send an email explaining their work or resign, several members of President Trump’s cabinet told their employees to ignore it. We’ve got more on the confusion and division below.

      The New York Times, Source

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