Update: Nearly 1,300 probationary CDC employees are being forced out under the Trump administration’s move to get rid of all probationary employees. The Atlanta-based agency’s leadership was notified of the decision on Friday, Feb. 14.
Health experts and Georgia Democrats in Congress are sounding the alarm about the Trump administration’s planned cuts to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The federal agency employs roughly 12,000 people at its headquarters in Atlanta.
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