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fromWIRED
5 months ago

A Quarter of the CDC Is Gone

About 3,000 CDC employees—roughly a quarter of the workforce—have left the agency this year due to layoffs, buyouts, terminations, and shutdown-related reductions.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

Instability and confusion' as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half

More than 1,000 CDC employees were notified of job losses; about 700 notifications were errors and roughly 600 terminations remain in effect.
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fromAxios
5 months ago

CDC purge hits 600 workers in key offices despite reversals

CDC enacted layoffs affecting critical units including injury prevention, health statistics, Washington communications, NHANES, and an ethics office during the federal shutdown.
fromTruthout
5 months ago

Trump Administration Carries Out Mass Layoffs at CDC, Decimating the Agency

The Trump administration has carried out mass layoffs of federal public health officials that experts warn will leave the US dangerously unprepared to handle disease outbreaks. As reported by The New York Times, the layoffs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) carried out on Friday night were deep and wide-ranging, and included employees and leaders "in offices addressing respiratory diseases, chronic diseases, injury prevention, and global health."
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fromTruthout
6 months ago

Court Ruling Clears the Way for Hundreds of CDC Staff to Be Laid Off

At least 600 CDC employees were terminated after a court ruling, weakening the U.S. public health system and reducing workforce capability.
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fromFast Company
6 months ago

Union says at least 600 CDC employees are getting laid off

At least 600 CDC employees received permanent termination notices amid agency restructuring, while lawsuits protected some employees but not others.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
6 months ago

At least 600 CDC employees being terminated in US, union says

At least 600 CDC employees are receiving permanent termination notices amid HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s plan to cut over 20,000 department jobs.
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