CDC's "disease detectives" halved as part of DOGE cuts at health agencies
More than 1 in 10 of the health agency's workers are being let go, including an entire new class of CDC Epidemic Intelligence ...
“The country is less safe”: CDC disease detective program gutted
"The country is less safe," Dr. Anne Schuchat, a former top-ranking CDC official and alumna of the program, told CBS News.
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Trump admin fires CDC 'disease detectives' as bird flu fears rise: sources
Nearly half of an elite US epidemiology program known as the "disease detectives" were dismissed by the Trump administration ...
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Layoffs start at CDC, targeting probationary staff
As many as 1,300 probationary employees at CDC are being let go, at the direction of the Trump administration. The cuts ...
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Mass firings at HHS: Up to 5,200 probationary workers will be dismissed, reports say
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is eliminating 1,300 probationary workers as part of an unprecedented ...
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RFK Jr. Just Kneecapped the CDC on His First Day
Hours after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged that the Department of Health and Human Services would not undergo a staff purge, it did. The Trump administration laid off half of its Epidemic Intelligence ...