ATLANTA, Ga. - Staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Atlanta headquarters are being asked to return to campus in a couple of weeks.
Employees received an email that it was expected they’d all be back on campus by Sept. 15.
The order comes as the CDC tries to sort through not just recent cuts and the emotional aftermath of the deadly shooting, but also a wave of resignations.
Former CDC Director Dr. Susan Monarez was ousted from her position after less than a month on the job, prompting upset employees to walk out, too.
Monarez was swiftly replaced by Jim O’Neill, who most recently served as deputy secretary of health and human services, working directly under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
In an email to CDC employees on Friday, Kennedy tried to subdue growing fru