Breaking: Key CDC offices are decimated by government shutdown firings

Deep cuts made to agency's flagship MMWR publication

Log In    Subscribe BREAKING NEWS   'It's a massacre': CDC battered by government shutdown firings By Elizabeth Cooney, Chelsea Cirruzzo, and Helen Branswell Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images The White House's mass firing of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff has decimated offices related to injury prevention, respiratory disease surveillance, and chronic disease, according to four people familiar with the cuts.    Almost the entire staff behind the CDC's flagship publication, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, has been fired. The report is typically one of the first places where information about U.S. disease outbreaks is disseminated before appearing in other journals and publishes information on a wide variety of critical public health issues. READ MORE Sign up for D.C. Diagnosis Washington never stops. Cut through the noise with our essential updates on health care politics and policy. Learn more. In Case You Missed It 1   Deep cuts made to CDC's flagship MMWR publication, a cornerstone of public health By Chelsea Cirruzzo 2   HHS employees to be fired as White House enacts mass terminations it blames on shutdown By Chelsea Cirruzzo 3   AstraZeneca strikes drug pricing deal with Trump By Daniel Payne and Elaine Chen 4   Coalition for Health AI faces escalating attacks by Trump officials, loss of founding member Amazon By Mario Aguilar Don't miss out on another STAT investigation Unlock the world of health and medicine with a subscription to STAT+ Learn more STAT, 1 Exchange Place, Boston, MA ©2025, All Rights Reserved. I no longer wish to receive STAT emails Update Newsletter Preferences • Contact Us • Advertise with Us