Centers for Disease Control trims 10% of workforce in cost-cutting move
Investing.com -- The Trump administration has initiated layoffs of approximately 1,300 employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a move aimed at reducing costs across the federal government. This reduction accounts for about 10% of the CDC's total workforce.
The layoffs predominantly target probationary workers who have been in their roles for two years or less, according a Friday report by Bloomberg. The Associated Press was the first to report these layoffs.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who took the oath of office on Thursday as the head of the US Department of Health and Human Services, oversaw these layoffs as one of his first actions in his new role. The Department of Health and Human Services supervises the CDC, which is headquartered in Atlanta.
At the moment, it remains unclear which areas of the agency have been impacted by these layoffs.
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