The Trump administration has initiated significant workforce reductions at the CDC, targeting around 1,300 employees, or 10% of its total staff, primarily affecting probationary workers and newer hires. This decision, which resulted from directives from the Department of Health and Human Services under newly appointed secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has sparked criticism from current staff and public health experts. Concerns have been raised about the impact of these layoffs on public health infrastructure and the agency's ability to respond to health crises, notably by figures like Dr. Georges Benjamin from the American Public Health Association.
This is absolutely tragic," said one current CDC employee. "If we lose these people we lose important capacity and in a very real sense we lose our CDC future.
Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, says these cuts "are very destructive to the core infrastructure of public health."
HHS is following the Administration's guidance and taking action to support the President's broader efforts to restructure and streamline the federal government..." - Andrew Nixon, director of communications at HHS.
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