The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is losing about 10% of its staff as the Trump administration moves ahead with plans to shrink the nation’s federal workforce.
Nearly 1,300 people at the Atlanta-based CDC with jobs classified as “probationary” are being targeted. The category includes recent hires and longtime staffers who, throughout their tenures, have moved into new positions internally within the CDC.
A division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the CDC has a $9.2 billion core budget.
Affected workers are slated to receive four weeks of paid administrative leave, according to an employee who requested anonymity because they are not authorized to speak for the agency.
Officials at the CDC did not respond to requests for comment.
