The Trump administration said Friday it plans to cut nearly 1,300 probationary positions at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), amounting to approximately 10% of the agency’s workforce.

Nearly 1,300 employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are being forced out under the Trump administration’s move to get rid of all probationary employees

By Andrea Shalal, Leah Douglas and Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Almost half of the probationary workers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are being forced out as President Donald Trump overhauls government agencies,

Feb 14 (EFE) – The Trump administration has announced job cuts affecting nearly 1,300 probationary employees at the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which amounts to one tenth of the agency’s workforce.

More than 1,000 employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been put on notice less than 24 hours after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took office.

By Andrea Shalal, Leah Douglas, Ahmed Aboulenein and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Almost half of the probationary workers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and others at the National Institutes of Health are being forced out as President Donald Trump overhauls government agencies,

The CDC did not immediately respond to Atlanta Business Chronicle's requests for comment. Tasked with protecting Americans from public health threats, the agency had a headcount o

The verbal notice came from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in a meeting with CDC leaders, according to a federal official who was at the meeting. The official was not authorized to discuss it and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.