The White House has withdrawn the nomination of Dr. David Weldon, a former Florida congressman, to serve as director of the ...

It was January when the email came. After a roughly six-month-long hiring process that included fingerprinting and other ...

ATLANTA — Monday marked the first day that workers at several federal health agencies, including the Atlanta-based Centers ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (AP) - Nearly 1,300 probationary employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — roughly one-tenth of the agency’s workforce — are being forced out under the Trump ...

The White House has withdrawn David Weldon's nomination for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director, the Associated Press reports.

At a press conference, led by State Rep. Saira Draper (D-Atlanta), representatives highlighted concerns over the future of public health and the economic impacts following the termination of ...

In addition, it left hundreds of people unemployed who call Atlanta home. It was a week ago that somewhere between 700 to 1,300 CDC employees were laid off in the name of government efficiency.

[DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] The Atlanta-based agency’s leadership ... Health and Human Services in a meeting with CDC leaders, according to a federal official ...