‘A slap in the face’: Atlanta single mom fired from CDC job only 66 days before her probation ended — now she’s had to turn to food stamps, Medicaid to get by
Carolyn Corrigan was fired from her government job amid the Trump administration's efforts to decrease the federal workforce.
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What Trump's CDC, health program cuts could mean for Atlanta’s role in disease research
It was January when the email came. After a roughly six-month-long hiring process that included fingerprinting and other ...
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GOP cuts could end CDC research on gun violence, opioid abuse, suicide
When senators on Friday vote on a piece of legislation to keep the government open, they will also decide whether to give the Trump administration the authority to withhold funds from the ...
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CDC director nomination withdrawn by the White House before hearing
The White House has withdrawn the nomination of Dr. David Weldon, a former Florida congressman, to serve as director of the ...
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CDC layoffs spark grief, trauma, and unease among workers, their families
Critics charge that its cuts to the public health workforce so far have been indiscriminate, wasteful and cruel.
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Some fired CDC workers receive emails asking them to come back to work
Reports say dozens of laid-off workers received an email that rescinded their terminations and apologized for the disruption ...
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Flu and RSV decline from respective winter peaks in Georgia
After months of rapid respiratory disease spread and sickness, Georgia and Atlanta cases of Covid-19, flu, or RSV appear to ...
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CDC launching study into potential connection between vaccines and autism, reports say
The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will launch a study into the potential connection between ...
Trump drops vaccine critic Dave Weldon as nominee to head CDC
The surprise move came hours before his confirmation hearing, making Weldon the first Trump pick to be withdrawn from ...
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Workers at Atlanta-based CDC offered buyout
ATLANTA — Monday marked the first day that workers at several federal health agencies, including the Atlanta-based Centers ...
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Flu season reaches peak, CDC says
ATLANTA — The flu season has reached its peak, according to new data from the Atlanta-based CDC. This comes just weeks after ...
180 CDC workers invited to go back to work following federal layoffs
ATLANTA — The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is inviting back about 180 employees less than two ...