FDA workers are unsure about their jobs as big job cuts are coming.

Some people at the FDA were told to get ready to leave work. They might not come back because of job cuts. About 82,000 people who work for health groups might lose their jobs.

The head of the health department said there would be 20,000 fewer jobs. Some people will be fired. The FDA workers got an email that told them to check if they would be fired.

The health department head thinks the department is too big and does not work well. He wants to make it smaller and better. He said the department spends a lot of money but does not make people healthier.

One person who used to work at the department wonders if the head knows what he is doing. He does not know if the head looked at all the groups carefully. Some people who stop diseases from spreading were told to leave work.

A group that helps stop diseases and AIDS was hurt badly. Meetings about vaccines and AIDS were stopped. Some websites for health groups were also taken down and money was cut from health groups.