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US CDC restores jobs for 450 laid-off employees
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reinstating some 450 employees laid off under the Trump administration's massive reduction of the federal workforce, a government spokesperson said on Wednesday.
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June 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
US CDC restores jobs for 450 laid-off employees reut.rs/4jJKKDe
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The cruelty is the point.
Nearly half of CDC's developmental disabilities and birth defects center is now off the job
Secy Kennedy's layoffs included entire team working on sickle cell disease
www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-cut...
Secy Kennedy's layoffs included entire team working on sickle cell disease
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CDC faces backlash for cutting sickle cell, adult disability programs
Nearly half of the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities was laid off.
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April 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The cruelty is the point.
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Lead poisoning causes developmental delays in children and heart attacks in adults. This is just one of many reasons why we need CDC experts on the ground addressing health threats.
A city responding to a lead crisis in schools reached out to the CDC for help. The agency’s lead experts were just fired | CNN
A CDC team helping respond to a lead crisis in Milwaukee schools was cut as part of a widespread layoffs at federal health agencies this week.
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April 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Lead poisoning causes developmental delays in children and heart attacks in adults. This is just one of many reasons why we need CDC experts on the ground addressing health threats.
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I think I may buy a few dozen copies of this book and just hand them out to strangers.
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Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service
The Untold Story of Public Service
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April 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I think I may buy a few dozen copies of this book and just hand them out to strangers.
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bookshop.org/p/books/who-...
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Good to see some projects, such as lead poisoning prevention, will be restored. Restoring many others, including CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health, are also much needed. They save money and save lives.
RFK Jr. Plans to Reinstate Some Federal Workers, Programs
Days after layoff notices went out, the health secretary says it was “always the plan” to reinstate some health workers.
www.wsj.com
April 3, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Good to see some projects, such as lead poisoning prevention, will be restored. Restoring many others, including CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health, are also much needed. They save money and save lives.
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NEW! More than 100 major public health leaders — including former HHS secretaries, CDC directors, surgeon generals, governors and state health officials — urge Congress to reject dismantling of U.S. health programs by Trump administration static1.squarespace.com/static/67b63... #ForOurHealth
April 3, 2025 at 10:57 PM
NEW! More than 100 major public health leaders — including former HHS secretaries, CDC directors, surgeon generals, governors and state health officials — urge Congress to reject dismantling of U.S. health programs by Trump administration static1.squarespace.com/static/67b63... #ForOurHealth