FDA wants fired medical device staffers back at work

Oops! Trump Accidentally Fired FDA Medical Device Reviewers
The Food and Drug Administration is scrambling to bring back hundreds of critical workers laid off en masse by DOGE.
Trump administration rehires some FDA employees it fired
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has started quietly rehiring some of the Food and Drug Administration employees it fired last week, according to nine agency sources, shortly after letting them go in a process that insiders described as abrupt and haphazard.
Trump administration cuts reach FDA employees in food safety, medical devices and tobacco products
The Trump administration’s effort to slash the size of the federal workforce reached the Food and Drug Administration this weekend.
FDA rehires staff to its medical devices division after mass layoffs
The Trump administration is reinstating some employees in the Food and Drug Administration's medical devices division after dozens were laid off as part of a government-wide cost-cutting initiative led by billionaire Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency,
FDA rehires medical device staffers fired only days earlier
Like other agencies, the FDA terminations went to employees in their probationary period, typically the first two years of federal employment. But that approach resulted in the te
FDA moves to rehire medical device, food safety and other staffers fired days earlier
Barely a week after mass firings at the Food and Drug Administration, some probationary staffers received unexpected news over the weekend: The government wants them back. Beginning Friday night, FDA employees overseeing medical devices,

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Trump administration scrambles to rehire key fired workers (again)
DOGE reportedly fired members of the FDA’s cardiac devices unit, which oversees devices like pacemakers and implantable defibrillators.
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Hims and Hers likely to stop selling cheaper versions of GLP-1 medications
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FDA firings spur deputy commissioner for human foods to quit
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Yearslong shortage of popular weight-loss and diabetes drugs resolved, FDA says
Shortages of Ozempic and Wegovy that have been in place for more than two years have been resolved, as supplies of obesity ...
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FDA Issues Nationwide Recall on Mac and Cheese Snack Due to Possible Metal Contamination
The recall is considered a Class II threat. The United States Food and Drug Administration has announced a recall of Feel ...
Snacks sold in 25 states under recall for life-threatening risk
Snacks sold in 25 states are being recalled due to a serious or life-threatening risk to people who have allergies. ZB ...