The executive order could come as soon as next week, if the Trump administration goes ahead with plans, according to people familiar with the matter.

Managers across the health agencies were tasked with categorizing their probationary workers to determine those who were not mission critical, according to two new media reports citing internal sources.

The White House is drafting an executive order to lay off thousands of employees from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), according to a report Thursday.

The next section of the federal workforce to face mass firings by the Trump administration could be health workers. White House aides are preparing an executive order to fire thousands of employees in the Department of Health and Human Services,

The Trump administration is working on an order to dismiss thousands of employees from the US Department of Health and Human Services. However, the White House denies preparing such a document, reports The Wall Street Journal.

Thousands of federal workers are set to be purged by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, according to a report. The forthcoming executive order intends to fire "thousands" of employees,