Layoffs begin at US health agencies charged with tracking disease, researching and regulating food
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Peter Cegielski, who retired from the CDC in 2020 after working there over two decades, protests in support of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in front of the headquarters in Atlanta, Tuesday, April 1, 2025, after layoffs were announced. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)
This Tuesday, April 1, 2025 photo shows the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention building in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)
Chris Van Beneden, left, who worked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 25 years, and Julie Edelson, who worked there for 10, protest in support of the CDC in front of its Atlanta headquarters on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 after layoffs were announced. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)
A sign about tuberculosis taped to a light pole across the street from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta on Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)
Chris Van Beneden, who worked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 25 years, protests in support of the CDC in front of its Atlanta headquarters on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 after layoffs were announced. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)
Barbara Marston, who retired from the CDC in 2022 after working there over two decades, makes a heart for a person leaving the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta, Tuesday, April 1, 2025, after layoffs were announced. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)
Barbara Marston, who retired from the CDC in 2022 after working there over two decades, is reflected in the window of a car leaving the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta, Tuesday, April 1, 2025, after layoffs were announced. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)
Lynn Sokler, who retired from the CDC three weeks ago after working there almost two decades, protests with others in support of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in front of the headquarters in Atlanta, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)
People protest in support of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in front of the headquarters in Atlanta on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 after layoffs were announced. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)
Chris Van Beneden, left, who worked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 25 years, and Julie Edelson, who worked there for 10, protest in support of the CDC in front of its Atlanta headquarters on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 after layoffs were announced. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)
People protest outside of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 after layoffs were announced. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)
Hundreds of employees wait in line wrapped around the outside of the Health and Human Services headquarters building, Tuesday morning, April 1, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Amanda Seitz)
Hundreds of employees wait in line wrapped around the outside of the Health and Human Services headquarters building, Tuesday morning, April 1, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Amanda Seitz)
Hundreds of employees wait in line wrapped around the outside of the Health and Human Services headquarters building, Tuesday morning, April 1, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Amanda Seitz)
FILE - The Department of Health and Human Services building is seen in Washington, April 5, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during an event announcing proposed changes to SNAP and food dye legislation, Friday, March 28, 2025, in Martinsburg, W. Va. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Lynn Sokler, who retired from the CDC three weeks ago after working there almost two decades, protests with others in support of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in front of the headquarters in Atlanta, on Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)
People protest in support of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in front of the headquarters in Atlanta, Tuesday, April 1, 2025 after layoffs were announced. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)
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Peter Cegielski, who retired from the CDC in 2020 after working there over two decades, protests in support of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in front of the headquarters in Atlanta, Tuesday, April 1, 2025, after layoffs were announced. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)
