ATLANTA, GEORGIA - AUGUST 28: Employees and supporters of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) hold signs and clap and cheer to honor former Centers for Disease Control (CDC) officials Dan Jernigan, Deb Houry, and Demetre Daskalakis outside its global headquarters on August 28, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. The three officials were honored after resigning in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump's attempted firing of CDC director Susan Monarez.. (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images) Getty Images

Critically important staff at the Centers for Disease Control received layoff (“RIF”) letters on Friday night in what was described as a Friday night massacre . The layoffs echoed what had happened to hundreds of others ⁠1 in August, shortly before Dr. Susan Monarez’s ouster by Robert F.

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