Trump Administration Lays Off About 1,300 Employees at the CDC

The Trump administration is laying off 1,300 employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shrinking the public health agency as part of an effort to cut costs across the federal government.

The layoffs amount to about 10% of the CDC’s total workforce and focused on probationary workers who have been in their roles for two years or less, according to a person familiar with the matter. The layoffs were first reported by the Associated Press.

They were one of the first moves by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who was sworn in Thursday as the head of ...