The staff of two world-class laboratories at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that were slated to be closed in a round of cuts announced in April have been informed that their terminations have been canceled.
The CDC’s sexually transmitted disease laboratory and its viral hepatitis laboratory were targets of layoffs initiated by the U.S. Doge Service that was led by Elon Musk. But last Thursday, the 55 full-time employees of the two laboratories were notified by email that their terminations had been rescinded, two people who received the notifications told STAT.
The emails came from the same Office of Human Resources account that notified workers of their dismissals. No reason for the reversal was given.
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