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‘It’s just too much’: CDC employees have faced layoffs, vaccine misinformation and now — violence

A shooter who recently attacked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s headquarters was upset about the COVID-19 ...

After CDC shooting, leadership vacuums and delays frustrate staff

CDC Director Susan Monarez held an all-hands meeting as staff remain shaken by the shooting rampage targeting the agency's ...

CDC shooting marks latest in a string of hostility directed at health workers. Many aren’t surprised

Gunfire aimed at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by a man authorities say was angry over COVID-19 ...

CDC shooter died by suicide and fired nearly 200 rounds at headquarters, authorities say

Authorities also confirmed that they had recovered "written documentation that expressed the shooter’s discontent with the ...

CDC employees recount when gunman fired at least 180 shots at buildings: "Shocking but not surprising"

Four CDC workers, who were not authorized to speak publicly, told CBS News under the condition of anonymity that they were ...

Suspect who fired 180 shots at CDC and motivated by ‘vaccine misinformation’ is pictured

Gunman Patrick Joseph White expressed discontent with the COVID-19 vaccinations in writings he made before the shooting, ...

4th person dies after a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak sickens dozens in New York City

A fourth person has died in connection with a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City. Health officials disclosed the ...

The CDC Shooting is a Dark Sign for Science and America

I ’ve walked the halls of both the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Emory University—places filled ...

Blumenthal calls for firing of RFK Jr. ally over violent rhetoric

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) is demanding Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “immediately” fire a ...