The changes come as part of a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and backed by President Donald Trump.

Public health experts say the cuts could represent generational damage to health research and the elimination of infectious diseases.

Employees at the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began receiving dismissal notices Tuesday.

Doctors are reeling at mass firings at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this morning, even as the nation prepares for its worst measles outbreak in recent history. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the Trump administration began sending outtermination notices through emails at dawn,

Current and former employees at the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are voicing their concerns about how the Trump administration's cuts will affect state and local health departments.

Five high-level officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are leaving. The departures were announced Tuesday at a meeting of agency senior leaders.

Carolyn Corrigan was fired from her government job amid the Trump administration's efforts to decrease the federal workforce. While “poor performance” was the reason cited, the single mom of two says she’s been with the government for nearly a decade,

Demonstrators gathered outside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s campus in Atlanta on Tuesday to protest recent job cuts and show solidarity with government workers.

Five high-level officials resigned Tuesday, adding to three other recent departures at the agency. Leadership Shake-Up: The resignations follow the nomination of Susan Monarez as the next CDC director,