US EditionCDC walks back hundreds of firings as US shutdown persists
- Saturday, the Trump administration raced to rescind layoffs of hundreds of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientists mistakenly fired Friday night after The New York Times report.
- An Office of Management and Budget announcement amid the shutdown prompted layoffs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, while a coding error mistakenly targeted Ebola and measles response teams.
- Epidemic Intelligence Service members and Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report staff, along with the top two leaders of the federal measles response and Ebola teams, were wrongly dismissed.
- A senior administration official said incorrect notifications were fixed last night with a technical correction, and rescind notices will follow in a few days, despite criticism from Dr. Debra Houry.
- Earlier staff reductions and a gunman firing more than 500 rounds at the Atlanta headquarters amplified CDC turmoil amid ongoing layoffs and rehiring errors.
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Trump Warns of More Layoffs as Mass Firings Target CDC and Education Dept.
The federal government’s shutdown has entered its 13th day, leaving hundreds of thousands of government workers furloughed or working without pay. Late on Friday, the Trump administration sent layoff notices to more than a thousand workers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, though a federal official later told The Washington Post some notices had been sent in error and would be reversed. Among those losing their jobs are scientis…
Majority of CDC staff fired after Trump admin's 'chaos' have returned to work: report
A majority of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staffers who were laid off during President Donald Trump's recent "chaos" have returned to work, according to a new report. CNN reported that 700 of the 1,300 staffers who were fired after receiving an incorrect layoff notification on Frid...
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