CDC Employees Fired Amid Strain

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CDC Firings Fray Lifelines to Local Health Departments - KFF Health News

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Many state and local public health departments have relied on workers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help.

The Trump administration abruptly fired many of them in February , a move that local and state officials said would undermine the nation’s efforts to control the spread of infectious disease.

KFF Health News is trying to speak with current and former personnel from the Department of Health and Human Services .

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