United States Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said some programs and jobs cut from federal health agencies would be reinstated after being mistakenly eliminated. Speaking to ABC News, he confirmed that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's childhood lead monitoring program, shut down on Tuesday, was among those returning.

Kennedy acknowledged that some research programs and personnel were wrongly affected. "There were a number of instances where studies that should not have been cut were cut, and we've reinstated them," he said. "Personnel that should not have been cut were cut, we're reinstating them, and that was always the plan," he added.

The job cuts were part of broader reductions aimed at streamlining streamlining agencies by removing redundant administrative roles.