‘Instability and confusion’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half
Entire offices erased at health agency in Friday move before Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error
More than a thousand employees at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) received notice that they were losing their jobs on Friday in a move that erased entire offices and was partially reversed over the weekend.
It caused “instability and whiplash”, said Debra Houry, former chief medical officer at the CDC.