Among those initially cut were staff responsible for the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, a critical vehicle for disseminating public health findings.

In the second week of the U.S. government shutdown, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notified some 1,300 employees they would be laid off — then rescinded hundreds of those notices within hours, a person familiar with the matter said.

The Trump administration is set to lay off entire offices and hundreds of CDC workers as part of mass job cuts during the federal shutdown, four sources told Reuters on Saturday.

A crowd-sourced list from CDC employees, reviewed by Reuters, suggested several units, including the entire Washington office, were targeted for termination. Two sources within the CDC and two at other health agencies confirmed the list’s validity.

  • MagicShel@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    11 hours ago

    This has settled, in my mind at least, who is the more awful person between her and Boebert. Not saying either of them are great but they were running neck and neck for biggest piece of trash in Congress. Between this and the Boebert handjob, I think it’s settled.

    That being said, I feel like Boebert has been uncharacteristically quiet of late.