Recently fired Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employees on Tuesday called the Trump administration’s recent mass layoffs an “intentional attack” on the agency and Americans’ health.

More than 1,300 CDC employees were abruptly terminated Friday, with about half reinstated within 24 hours. About 600 staffers remain dismissed, according to internal estimates, fulfilling the administration’s threats to slash government jobs during the ongoing shutdown.

Unions and court filings over the weekend indicate that an estimated 4,200 federal workers across at least seven agencies began receiving reduction-in-force notices on Friday. In addition to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the CDC’s parent agency, which lost more than 1,100 staffers, the Environmental Protect

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