STAT | Reporting from the frontiers of health and medicine Follow STAT+: The FDA’s rebuilding effort is running into a new challenge The FDA's plan to hire thousands of new workers is being slowed by an overwhelmed HR center. https://www.statnews.com/2026/09/17/fda-doge-cuts-new-hires-slowed-centralized-hiring-center-short-staffed/ statnews.com