CDC invites back about 180 fired employees, including some who help fight outbreaks

Musk/Trump And CDC – Laying The Foundation For The Next Pandemic

By RICHARD SKOLNIK White Rock The staffing and budget cuts that Musk/Trump are taking to CDC will do immeasurable harm to the health of Americans and to the health of people globally. These harms will take many years to overcome and must be stopped now. Eliminating critical personnel and funds will immediately harm CDC’s ability to detect, prevent, and help us respond to infectious disease threats. It will harm our preparedness to deal in a time…

'Salt in the wound': Fired CDC worker insulted by 'sketchy' email offering back her job

A laid-off worker at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention decided to pass on returning to her dream job after receiving a "sketchy" email inviting her to come back.Cancer outreach worker Bri McNulty was among 750 employees abruptly terminated from the CDC last month by email, and the 23-ye...

CDC firings undermine public health work far beyond Washington

The Trump administration’s sudden firing of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employees gutted training programs across the nation whose participants bolstered the workforce of state and local public health departments that for decades have been starved of resources.The programs are designed to cultivate a new generation of public health leaders, many of whom have gone on to work at the CDC. That was far from its only purpose. Local and…

Now it's the CDC's turn to beg fired workers to please come back

It’s time to acknowledge that the DOGE bros have no clue what they are doing.� After Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency abruptly fired around 180 probationary employees ...

KAISER HEALTH CARE: CDC firings undermine public health work far beyond Washington

The Trump administration’s sudden firing of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employees gutted training programs across the nation whose participants bolstered the workforce of state and local public health departments that for decades have been starved of resources.

CDC rehiring some laid-off workers

The CDC has notified approximately 180 employees that their termination notices have been rescinded, allowing them to return to work.