r/Firefighting • u/Quick_Connection6818 • May 04 '25

News Further cuts at NIOSH including firefighters cancer registry

Among the newly terminated are those employees who worked for the National Firefighter Registry for Cancer. After CBS reported on those firings on Friday night, HHS pushed back, claiming that no CDC employee had been laid off and that the firefighter health and safety programs would remain “top priority” for the agency.

A source who worked for the firefighter registry disputed each of HHS’s claims, confirming that they’d been fired on Friday evening and noting that the National Firefighter Registry for Cancer had already been closed to new applicants. The agency’s website affirmed that the program was taken offline.

https://www.progressreport.news/p/rfk-jr-massacre-paves-way-to-give

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u/Keystone302 May 04 '25

And yet the majority of the fire fighters I work with still support trump. 🤦‍♂️

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u/fapple2468 May 04 '25

Tooootally