MedPage Today February 18, 2025
— “This is exactly the way not to do it,” one expert says
Thousands of employees of federal health agencies have been let go in a chaotic and slow-rolling Trump administration purge over the holiday weekend.
While the total number of dismissed employees appears to be smaller than originally expected, the changes sowed confusion as some staffers received termination notices over the weekend, while others waited for expected firings that never came. This includes members of CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Serviceopens in a new tab or window, a 2-year fellowship program that trains the next generation of “disease detectives.”
One employee from an agency within HHS who asked to remain anonymous described “chaos and confusion” as leadership “tries to sort this...
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