If 982 is the total number at HHS staff who were supposed to be fired, it seems the bulk of those laid off are at @CDCgov.
HHS can you provide a breakdown by agency? 3/3

The HHS official says in court filing:
“Employees have been working since October 10, 2025, to rescind the notices that had been issued in error. The final number of RIF notices that have been issued to HHS employees is 982.” 2/3

At ASPR, analysts with top-secret clearances who work with intelligence agencies on biodefense, emerging CBRN threats, were fired. They focused on threats from “state actors, any type of threat, whether it it’s intentional or accidental,” said a former HHS official. 4/4.

At CDC, one of the offices within Office of Science that usually signs off on high-profile agency scientific publications, including the flagship MMWR, still RIFd 3/4

At CDC, of about 1,300 laid off, about 740 have been rescinded. Another 600 or so are still fired. That includes a team that does day-to-day operations for a key health and nutrition survey (NHANES). 2/4

RIF notices also sent to the CDC’s 2023 and 2024 class of civilian EIS officers known as its main disease detectives, per sources. These are the people who are typically the first responders in an outbreak. 4/4

Among other RIF notices at CDC:
—Center for Forecasting and Analytics;
—all of CDC Washington
—Office of Human Resources
—National Center for Injury Prevention and Control 3/4

The CDC official who was leading the measles response and was RIFd has more than 28 yrs experience as the senior USG official leading outbreaks on Ebola, Marburg virus, and mpox. 2/4

Many parents fear Trump and RFKJr rhetoric about autism as an “epidemic” is harmful and going backwards. “We’re not a disease, we’re people,” one parent says. “We don’t need to ‘cure’ autism. We need to expand access to services.”

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“With no approach to evaluating the science, the committee serves only as a siren singing us to shipwreck,” said Dan Jernigan, one of the senior CDC leaders who resigned in August to protest what he described as the politicization of science.

When one panel member spoke on the importance of randomized controlled trials for vaccines — an approach pushed by Kennedy and criticized as unrealistic by some vaccine experts — someone could be heard saying “you’re an idiot.”

They floated cancer, autism and DNA contamination as potential dangers of coronavirus vaccines.

The CDC vaccine advisory committee members appeared at times uncertain about the issues before them or the powers of the panel, prompting staff to explain steps in evaluating data and setting vaccine recommendations.