Employees in the public health agency are expected to receive layoff notices just as they return to the office after a deadly shooting

About 600 employees were laid off from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as part of the Health and Human Services restructuring plan.

Many in the company have been on administrative leave since then paid but not allowed to work as lawsuits played out.

Hundreds of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) employees are losing their jobs after a federal judge ruled on August 12 that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was barred from terminating employees at only six CDC divisions. The court’s prior ruling had protected all CDC staff.

On April 1, the HHS officials sent layoff notices to thousands of employees at the CDC and other federal health agencies, part of a sweeping overhaul designed to vastly shrink the agencies responsible for protecting and promoting Americans’ health.

CDC Director tours damaged Atlanta campus after shooting and confirms impending layoffs affecting 600 employees.

Hundreds of CDC and HHS workers are urging Secretary RFK Jr. to stop spreading vaccine misinformation following the Aug. 8 CDC shooting.

Two weeks after a gunman sprayed more than 100 bullets at the CDC’s headquarters, killing one, the agency is cutting staff who focus on preventing violence. The layoffs at the Division of Violence Prevention,

CDC Director Susan Monarez voiced support for the agency's workers in a media event on Thursday, nearly two weeks after a shooting at its Atlanta headquarters. She said restoring Americans’ trust in the CDC and educating people about the work the scientists,