HHS Staff Cuts Mean Uneasy Breathing in Black Communities

By Jennifer Porter Gore
This article was originally published on Word In Black.
Sweeping staff cuts announced last week at the federal Department of Health and Human Services have respiratory-health organizations sounding the alarm, warning of fewer resources to treat asthma, fight Big Tobacco, and help smokers quit — health issues that disproportionately affect the Black community. 
The cuts, part of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s pledge to slash 10,000 employees from th