The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reinstated more than 400 employees who had previously been laid off, the largest number of employees that the agency has asked back to date.
This comes after Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired approximately 1,300 CDC employees on Feb. 14. The probationary employees made up roughly one-tenth of the agency’s workforce, according to Associated Press.
Nearly 80 percent of the employees are in the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention (NCHHSTP) and the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), according to a news release…