CDC, Trump and DOGE

CDC's "disease detectives" apparently spared in DOGE cuts at health agencies
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Epidemic Intelligence Service officers — a group known as the CDC's "disease detectives" — feared the impact of job cuts.
Trump, CDC fully restore 9/11 health program cuts from DOGE axe
Cuts announced last week by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency were restored Thursday, Feb. 20 and Friday, Feb. 21.
Trump, After G.O.P. Criticism, Reverses Cuts to 9/11 Survivors’ Program
About 20 percent of the World Trade Central Health Program’s staff had been terminated amid President Trump’s slashing of the federal work force.
DOGE Restores 9/11 Survivor Program Cuts, Hires Back Workers
The Trump administration walked back cuts to a health program for 9/11 first responders and survivors, restoring research grants and the jobs of laid-off workers.
Trump restores 9/11 health research funding cut by DOGE. But what about jobs?
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis on X said research and jobs were restored. Others in Congress say they are still working on restoring WTC Health Program jobs.
Trump Admin Agrees to Restore 9/11 Health Program Funding
After overwhelming blowback from both sides of the aisle, President Donald Trump’s administration has agreed that DOGE will keep its hands off the World Trade Center Health Program, which provides medical care and monitoring to more than 100,
White House restores 9/11 health program funding after uproar
The White House restored funding for the 9/11 first responder survivors’ health program after an uproar from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle ensued following the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) cuts last week.

RFK Jr, CDC and flu

'I'm heartbroken' | CDC employees express feeling 'under attack' after recent federal job cuts
Last week, nearly 700 probationary employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were forced out.
A CDC vaccine committee meeting, the first of Kennedy's tenure at HHS, gets postponed
A CDC vaccine advisory committee meeting scheduled for next week has been postponed. It was the first vaccine meeting since ...
Trump’s Layoffs Hit 14 Workers in CDC Immunization Division
The Trump administration’s mass layoffs of health workers hit a key vaccine unit of the US Centers for Disease Control and ...
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Virologist sounds alarm on aggressive flu season, avian influenza and CDC cuts
Dr. Angela Rasmussen, a virologist and professor at the University of Saskatchewan, told "The Gee and Ursula Show" on KIRO ...
CDC 'disease detectors' among hundreds fired as Trump administration ramps up agency cuts
The Trump administration terminated hundreds of employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including ...
CDC officials say flu season is one of the worst in years
New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show a rise in severe and even deadly flu cases. Officials are ...
CDC: Flu season worst in a decade
The current flu season is shaping up to be the worst in a decade. So far, there have been at least 29 million illnesses and ...
Flu activity 'elevated' in US but showing signs of abating, CDC data shows
Flu activity remains "elevated" in the U.S. but is starting to show signs of abating, according to new CDC data published ...