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HHS Reinstates Over 450 CDC Employees After April Layoffs

Revoking April termination notices follows court orders to halt flawed workforce cuts

A general view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia September 30, 2014. REUTERS/Tami Chappell/File Photo
FILE - A sign stands at an entrance to the main campus of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy, File)
A man holds up a sign outside the main campus of the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on April 1, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Overview

  • The reinstatements account for nearly one-fifth of the roughly 2,400 CDC positions eliminated in the mass reduction in force this spring
  • More than 200 employees returned to the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and Tuberculosis Prevention and 158 to the National Center for Environmental Health
  • Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said some terminations were mistakes and that rehiring staff was always part of the reorganization plan
  • Key public health programs on lead poisoning prevention, infectious disease surveillance and workplace safety were disrupted by the initial cuts
  • Advocates warn that restoring a few hundred roles falls short of fully repairing gaps in disease tracking and environmental health capacity