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How mass firings are impacting federal health industry workers

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Hundreds of employees across health agencies were fired by the Trump administration over the weekend. At the Food and Drug Administration, the layoffs appear to have affected the artificial intelligence and digital health staff particularly hard.

Lizzy Lawrence, FDA reporter at STAT, joins us to discuss.

This segment aired on February 18, 2025.

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