Elon Musk, FDA and Neuralink

Scientists reviewing Musk’s Neuralink are fired – then rehired – from FDA following flurry of DOGE cuts
Around 300 FDA staffers have been asked to return to work after Musk’s DOGE axed thousands of jobs from the Department of Health and Human Services
FDA staff were reviewing Elon Musk’s brain implant company. DOGE just fired them.
The cuts included about 20 people in the FDA’s office of neurological and physical medicine devices, several of whom worked on Neuralink.
US FDA asks fired scientists to return, including some reviewing Musk’s Neuralink
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is asking some of its recently fired scientists if they will come back to their jobs, including some employees reviewing Elon Musk's brain implant company, Neuralink,
FDA Scrambles to Rehire 300 Fired Scientists, Including Some of Elon Musk's Neuralink Reviewers
The FDA is trying to rehire 300 recently fired scientists, including some who reviewed Elon Musk's Neuralink. The move follows mass layoffs under the Trump administration, sparking concerns over job security and federal workforce strategy.
Elon Musk faces more conflict-of-interest questions after DOGE fires FDA staff reviewing Neuralink
Reportedly among the recent job cuts at the FDA were workers overseeing the review of Musk’s brain chip-implant company, Neuralink. Since the moment the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was first proposed,
Exclusive-US FDA Asks Fired Scientists to Return, Including Some Reviewing Musk’s Neuralink
Americans need “an efficient, effective FDA review process that helps advance the medical technologies American patients depend on. Bringing these specific experts back would help fulfill that mission," said Scott Whitaker, CEO of the medical device industry group AdvaMed, which had criticized the firings.
FDA Asks 300 Fired Scientists to Return
The FDA plans to rehire around 300 people in total, according to four sources with secondhand knowledge of the situation, following President Donald Trump’s rush last week to fi
How Elon Musk's White House Job Is Helping Line His Pockets
DOJ’s 2023 complaint alleged that from 2018 to 2022, SpaceX blocked asylum recipients and refugees from jobs by saying in job ...
FDA Shake-Up Could Disrupt Elon Musk's Neuralink Brain Implant Trials
A sudden shake-up at the FDA could disrupt Neuralink's brain implant trials, raising new risks for investors betting on ...
Musk Says Government Workers Must Detail Their Workweek or Lose Their Jobs
Elon Musk has drawn inspiration from his 2022 takeover of Twitter with the tactic. His threat on social media of termination did not appear in an email to federal workers requesting the work summaries ...
Major Lawsuits Against Trump And Musk: Judge Halts Trump’s DEI Contract Ban—For Now
Judge Adam Abelson temporarily halted Trump’s push to cancel DEI-related federal contracts and bring legal action over ...
Frozen supplemental shakes sold nationwide and to hospitals recalled over listeria cases
The Food and Drug Administration recalled nutritional supplemental shakes tied to a deadly outbreak of listeria. The products ...
DOGE will use AI to assess the responses of federal workers who were told to justify their jobs via email
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, had some harsh words for the way DOGE was operating, calling the email sent to federal workers ...
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Elon Musk’s Call for Government Workers Sparks Divisions in Trump Administration
Elon Musk's order to U.S. government workers to justify their jobs opened divisions in President Donald Trump's administration, as some agencies told ...
Judge Questions Constitutionality of Musk’s Cost-Cutting Operation
The judge expressed concern over the unresolved issues about who is in charge of Elon Musk’s so-called Department of ...