They went in and fired entire programs, even statutorily mandated by law programs they cut entirely," she told CBS News. "So there is no staff to do this work anymore.
Over the weekend, hundreds of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employees were laid off, a move that former CDC officials are criticizing as damaging public health preparedness.
/PRNewswire/ -- The American Society for Nutrition (ASN) calls on the Administration to immediately rescind the firings of Centers for Disease Control and ...
The Trump administration escalated its campaign to fire federal workers during the government shutdown, seizing the opportunity to further slash the already diminished CDC. On Tuesday, the union that represents workers at the CDC said that the agency ...
More than 1,300 staffers at the health agency got notices they were fired -- but more than half were reinstated. The cuts will hobble some divisions, employees say.
Over the weekend, roughly 1,300 employees at the CDC received notices they were fired. As the Trump administration realized it had fired some key staff, reportedly half of them were reinstated the next day. It still leaves the health agency without . ...
Another round of terminations, combined with previous layoffs and departures, has reduced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workforce by about 3,000 people since January.