Demoralized CDC Workforce Reels From Year of Firings, Funding Cuts, and a Shooting By Jess Mador, WABE March 25, 2026

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/cdc-atlanta-public-health-one-year-later-firings-shooting-morale/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8saV4B1YtXW1kyOHkGtIAYUxaSzUNfdHG4muVWghhXsOCQ8QIFgWSGE12ZaST-0yFqHnziDgtjOTevUe3Fz0AWWc0CTQ&_hsmi=410485143&utm_content=410485143&utm_source=hs_email KFF Health News: Demoralized CDC Workforce Reels From Year Of Firings, Funding Cuts, And A Shooting On the coffee table at her home in Atlanta, Sarah Boim has a pile of documents from her old job at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. They are printouts of her employment records. Boim lost her job in the first big wave of CDC firings — more than 1,000 people were suddenly let go last February. “This is the termination letter. I also printed off my performance review from 2024,” she said. “I knew I wouldn’t have access to it, and everything was so chaotic that I needed proof of what was happening.” (Mador, 3/25)