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CDC Rescinds Hundreds of Layoff Notices After 1,300 Issued During Shutdown

Officials cite a coding error, intensifying concern about public-health readiness during an ongoing measles surge.

CHAMBLEE, GEORGIA - SEPTEMBER 19: Supporters of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) rally outside a CDC campus during a meeting of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on September 19, 2025 in Chamblee, Georgia. The federal vaccine advisory group, recently appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is to make recommendations on who should get COVID shots and whether all babies should get vaccinated against hepatitis B at birth. (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)
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FILE - The campus of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is seen in Atlanta, on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)
Hundreds of CDC workers fired by the Trump administration were reinstated.

Overview

  • About 700 of roughly 1,300 CDC employees notified of layoffs were reinstated, leaving about 600 still separated, according to the federal workers’ union AFGE.
  • HHS said many notices were incorrect due to a coding error and told affected employees they are not subject to the reduction in force.
  • Restored staff include teams behind the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, the Global Health Center, the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, and the Public Health Infrastructure Center.
  • Units still cut include the CDC’s Washington office, Violence Prevention programs, and the Office of the Director at the Injury Center, as a broader federal reduction in force affects more than 4,100 positions.
  • The reversals reached leaders tied to measles and Ebola responses during a year with 1,563 measles cases reported, and unions have filed a lawsuit challenging the layoffs during the shutdown.