Massive Shake-Up at NIH and CDC: Over 5,000 Probationary Employees Fired in Friday Purge.. The day of reckoning at NIH in Bethesda, Maryland, saw scientists and medical researchers walking out in disbelief, some in tears, some walking arm-in-arm, as they were forced to clear out their offices, according to NBC Washington. It is unclear how many employees were terminated in the Friday purge, but according to Katie Sandlin, an Education Outreach Specialist at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), the number was 2,000. The NIH wasn’t the only agency affected. At the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly 1,300 probationary employees—amounting to roughly 10% of its workforce—were given their walking papers. However, according to Stat News, approximately 5,200 employees across agencies under the Department of Health and Human Services, including the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, have been terminated. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/02/massive-shake-up-nih-cdc-5000-probationary-employees/
