After firings, funding cuts, and a shooting, can a demoralized CDC workforce recover?
- Posted on March 13, 2026
- By NPR
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After firings, funding cuts, and a shooting, can a demoralized CDC workforce recover?

It's been a year since mass firings began at the CDC, the federal public health agency. Then came a shooting, and the government shutdown. Atlanta is still feeling the economic and emotional effects.