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Forbes
03-04-2025
- Health
- Forbes
HHS Job Cuts: Entire CDC Team Focused On Infertility And IVF Is 'Gone'
On Tuesday, mass layoffs hit the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, culling jobs from the FDA, NIH and CDC. The layoffs are ultimately expected to affect about 10,000 people—doctors, researchers and scientists responsible for everything medical research to food safety and vaccine development. As part of these cuts, the CDC is saying that the entire team overseeing Assisted Reproductive Technologies has been let go. What does this mean for the future of infertility and IVF research in the U.S.? Barbara Collura, President and CEO of RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association, spoke with ForbesWomen editor Maggie McGrath about these questions and others that exist in the wake of the layoffs. 'All the data collection [on IVF outcomes] and all of that work is going to stop,' Collura said. 'When you think about IVF, what are the outcomes? These things are about a year out, so I would say that we're probably going to not have the data from the last year they've collected.' Collura also noted that the cuts to the CDC's ART team could undermine President Trump's ability to deliver on his February executive order around IVF access. 'In February, President Trump came out with an executive order that's asking his domestic policy council to come up with recommendations' on IVF access, Collura explained. 'The folks at CDC who got laid off are a resource to the president in order to fulfill these policy recommendations. If we're going to lean all in on IVF, as President Trump has said, why get rid of the people closes to you who know the most?' To watch the full interview, head here or watch the video player above.
Yahoo
02-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Trump Guts IVF Research After Saying He's 'Fertilization President'
Despite dubbing himself the 'Father of IVF,' Donald Trump actually won't be funding federal infertility research. The administration fired a team of researchers focused on infertility research and assisted reproductive technology Tuesday afternoon, the latest group to lose their jobs in sweeping new cuts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 'It is vital that the CDC, our nation's public health agency, employs doctors and scientists who understand infertility, a disease that impacts one in six people worldwide,' Barbara Collura, President and CEO of the national infertility group RESOLVE, said in a statement. 'Following today's layoffs at the CDC, there will be no experts on infertility who will be able to inform public policy, brief members of Congress, publish articles and reports, and advance public awareness on the causes and treatments for infertility.' The team was responsible for tracking IVF cycles & creating and maintaining infertility-related databases. Speaking with HuffPost's Alanna Vagianos, Collura said that questions remain regarding the future of that data—if it will be updated, and who would be doing the updating. 'That's a lot of information and knowledge that walked out the door today,' Collura said. The cut comes barely a week after Trump referred to himself as the 'fertilization president' during a Women's History Month event. Trump bragged about his purported efforts to expand IVF access and promised that there would be 'tremendous goodies in the bag for women,' including 'the fertilization and all the other things we're talking about.' So far, the Trump administration—directed by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency—has fired more than 100,000 federal employees. But tens of thousands more government jobs are expected to be on the chopping block as Trump pursues a second round of 'voluntary' buyouts. More than 10,000 jobs are expected to be cut at the Department of Health and Human Services, which encompasses the CDC. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has proposed downsizing the agency's 82,000-person workforce by nearly a quarter. Other shuttered departments were responsible for research and policy recommendations on older adults, disabilities, HIV, minority health, mine safety, and smoking.
Yahoo
27-01-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Young Artists Debut Orchestra perform Tis the Season for Strings after lengthy delay
A local orchestra put on a free concert this evening, bringing in over 100 community members to hear their hard work. The Young Artists Debut Orchestra hosted the 'Tis the Season for Strings concert at Harding Elementary School. Erie Kennel Club Dog Show comes to a close on Erie's bayfront Three different skill levels of musicians played in the concert, which the orchestra's director says is a way for younger performers to learn from the more experienced performers. The concert was rescheduled after heavy snow in November, but the director said it's only helped the players learn their material better. Erie residents enjoy frozen winter fun on icy Presque Isle Bay 'These are the kids that love to practice, they think practicing is fun. They think music education is fun, and they like to be stimulated. So, we're really excited with what we can offer the children in this community,' said Jessie Collura, Young Artists Debut Orchestra Executive Director. Collura said this will be the first of three major performances for the orchestra this year. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
