US EditionHundreds of laid-off CDC employees are being reinstated
- On Wednesday, officials overseeing the CDC announced that more than 460 employees who had been laid off earlier this year are now being brought back to their positions.
- These reinstatements follow mass layoffs in April that cut about 2,400 CDC jobs under a reorganization aimed at shrinking government spending.
- The reinstated workers include roughly 200 employees from HIV, Hepatitis, STD and Tuberculosis programs and 150 from Environmental Health, including lead poisoning labs.
- The head of HHS acknowledged that at least one-fifth of the department’s staff reductions were errors and mentioned that bringing back some of the laid-off employees was always intended.
- Despite the rehiring, many vital public health positions remain vacant, and former employees warn that program cuts could increase disease and death.
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Hundreds of CDC workers are reinstated but majority of fired public health staffers left in limbo
Supporters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention demonstrate outside the center's entrance in Atlanta during a rally in April. These rallies have happened weekly since the mass layoffs first started at the CDC in February. Jill Nolin/Georgia RecorderFired workers of the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and their supporters are pushing for more public health jobs to be restored after a portion of the center’s t…
CDC to reinstate lead prevention team as Sen. Baldwin calls on Sec. Kennedy to address MPS lead crisis
Hundreds of laid-off federal employees, including members of the CDC's lead prevention team, are returning to work after being rehired by the Department of Health and Human Services.The decision comes after Sen. Tammy Baldwin called on HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to visit Milwaukee and see the lead crisis in public schools firsthand.Baldwin has been critical of what she sees as Secretary Kennedy's lack of response to help Milwaukee with …
CDC backtracks, will rehire more than 450 people it laid off
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is rehiring about 460 employees who had previously been laid off, according to an email notice reviewed by The Hill. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) confirmed on Thursday that reinstatement notices were sent but provided few other details. “The Trump Administration is committed to…
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