NEW: w/ @npr.org @pien-huang.bsky.social Just a few weeks after summarily firing hundreds of employees, the Trump administration is now notifying some staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that they're back on the job. "None of this is normal," said one CDC employee.

Breaking: RFK Jr. moves to quietly eliminate public comment from HHS's decision making: www.statnews.com/2025/02/28/r...

Ebola screening for travelers, testing for insect-borne diseases, support for state/local health depts -- all impacted by CDC job cuts w/ @wstonereports.bsky.social www.npr.org/sections/sho...

The latest update led by @shannonbond.bsky.social features contributions from across @npr.org's newsroom (!) : @andreahsu.bsky.social @pien-huang.bsky.social, Tom Bowman, @gbrumfiel.bsky.social, @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social, Megan Lim, @hansilowang.bsky.social @jennamclaughlin.bsky.social and more.

"I'm going to work tomorrow and I don't know who's employed," said one of the CDC staffers, who had yet to receive any official notification about exactly which employees in their division had lost their jobs. @npr.org @sydneylupkin.bsky.social @pien-huang.bsky.social on the latest at CDC

An update on health data removal by me and @wstonereports.bsky.social. Thoughts, tips welcome: [email protected], pienhuang.88 on signal

BREAKING NEWS: Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.