‘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 ...
Local vector-borne disease expert who led US West Nile virus response dead at 73
John Roehrig died March 8 after a battle with ALS. During his career, he was on the front lines of the U.S. response to West Nile virus.
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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.
Reductions in force: A look at which agencies are affected by DOGE-led job cuts
The deep cuts across federal agencies since Donald Trump’s return to the White House include reductions in force, which mean ...
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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Reports say dozens of laid-off workers received an email that rescinded their terminations and apologized for the disruption ...
Measles vaccinations for Georgia kindergarteners are below needed rate to prevent spread, experts say
Health officials now say that the measles cases in Texas and New Mexico are connected, with the outbreak spreading to a third ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...