RFK Jr. is gutting minority health offices across HHS that are key to reducing health disparities

RFK Jr. is gutting minority health offices across HHS that are key to reducing health disparities 
NBC New York 4, in partnership with CNBC; by Annika Kim Constantino; 4/30/25 

• Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s overhaul of the Department of Health and Human Services involves deep cuts to several divisions that help protect and improve the health of minority and underserved populations and eliminate health disparities in the U.S., CNBC has learned.
• Kennedy's cuts have hit at least seven minority health offices across HHS, which in many cases laid off most or all of their workers, including directors, people familiar with the matter told CNBC. [These include:] the HHS Office of Minority Health and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, or NIMHD. The cuts also hit offices with similar functions at the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Health Resources and Services Administration, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, ...
• Health policy experts said deep cuts to those offices could widen existing disparities in access to insurance and care in the U.S., undoing years of progress toward addressing them.