In Atlanta, CDC staff reel after recent cuts By Pien Huang. Published May 7, 2025 ... says people are anxious about the staffing and budget cuts. KEN CASTRO: What's their future going to be?

While officials pointed to the department’s $1.8 trillion budget as a reason for the cuts, experts said payroll represented less than 1% of that amount.

NEW YORK — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s motto is “Make America Healthy Again,” but government cuts could make it harder to know if that's happening. More than a dozen data ...

Instead, a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services spokeswoman pointed the AP to a Trump administration budget proposal released Friday. It lacked specifics, but proposes to cut the CDC’s ...

The CDC has lost thousands of workers since January. At a conference celebrating the work of the agency's "disease detectives," current and former staff grappled with uncertainty about the future.

That assistance stopped last month when the CDC’s lead program staff was terminated. City officials are particularly concerned about losing expertise to help them track the long-term effects.

The CDC has lost thousands of workers since January. At a conference celebrating the work of the agency's "disease detectives," current and former staff grappled with uncertainty about the future.

That assistance stopped last month when the CDC’s lead program staff was terminated. City officials are particularly concerned about losing expertise to help them track the long-term effects.

Among those terminated at the CDC are experts tracking abortions, pregnancies, job-related injuries, lead poisonings, sexual violence and youth smoking. Skip Navigation. Share on Facebook; ...

That assistance stopped last month when the CDC’s lead program staff was terminated. City officials are particularly concerned about losing expertise to help them track the long-term effects.

NEW YORK — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s motto is “Make America Healthy Again,” but government cuts could make it harder to know if that's happening. More than a dozen data ...

Among those terminated at the CDC are experts tracking abortions, pregnancies, job-related injuries, lead poisonings, sexual violence and youth smoking. Skip Navigation. Share on Facebook; ...