The CDC employs about 13,000 people, the vast majority of them in metro Atlanta. The cuts, which account for about one-tenth of the agency’s workforce, were first reported by The Associated Press.

"This is absolutely tragic," said one current CDC employee. "If we lose these people we lose important capacity and in a very real sense we lose our CDC future." The news filtered down through the ...

The state’s top public safety official issued a report asserting the 50,000 respirators distributed to first responders were “authentic” after the CDC’s warning The CDC issued a warning on ...