An official who oversaw the recommendations for COVID-19 vaccinations at the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control has resigned. Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos resigned on Friday. “My career ...

HHS is reinstating more than 450 staff across multiple divisions within CDC, including an office focused on HIV prevention. This restores some staff let go under the DOGE initiative.

That reorganization, directed in part by the U.S. DOGE Service, has seen the department downsized from approximately 80,000 employees to 60,000, with some of the deepest cuts to the CDC, the ...

HHS reinstates more than 450 CDC employees fired in April reorganization, including childhood lead poisoning team By . Meg Tirrell, Brenda Goodman. Updated Jun 11, 2025, 8:38 PM ET.

CDC rehires 450 employees cut in HHS restructuring, internal documents show Staffers were restored to branch that oversees lead prevention program for kids. By Cheyenne Haslett and Youri Benadjaoud ...