It’s been a year since mass firings began at the CDC, the federal public health agency. Then came a shooting, and the government shutdown. Atlanta is still feeling the economic and emotional effects.
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Federal special education staff may get their jobs back. But for how long?
A new deal to end the government shutdown may briefly restore staff to U.S. Education Department offices that had been gutted by layoffs.
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With new cuts at CDC, some fear there’s ‘nobody to answer the phone’
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.
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As visitors flock to parks, deep cuts leave rangers and wildlife at risk
National parks enter their busiest season understaffed and underfunded. Morning Edition visited Joshua Tree to speak with local business owners and a park ranger feeling the impact.
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More than 400 CDC staff may be called back to work after being laid off in April
Laid off workers were told their notices of an upcoming reduction in force were “revoked.” Officials didn’t explain why HHS appeared to be restoring hundreds of jobs it previously called duplicative.
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In the middle of a hepatitis outbreak, U.S. shutters the one CDC lab that could help
All 27 scientists at the CDC’s viral hepatitis lab were told their duties were “unnecessary.” Ongoing outbreak investigations have now been halted.
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‘Your RIF notice is not cancelled.’ Inside a chaotic week of massive layoffs at HHS
Health agency staffers describe a week of chaos and continued uncertainty about who still has a job and how the work will get done. To many it’s the opposite of ‘government efficiency.’
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Upheaval and firings at CDC raise fears about disease outbreak response
Staff and observers worry that the agency may not be prepared for emerging threats including bird flu and insect-borne diseases.
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FDA staff handling drug safety for pets and livestock lost jobs in Trump firings
The fired staffers were tasked with making sure medications given to animals work well and are safe.
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Health agencies lose staff in key areas as Trump firings set in
As the dust settles from the first wave of firings at health agencies, here’s how many people got cut, and the impact of the roles that were lost.
