As many as 1,300 employees with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are slated to be let go as soon as Friday, cutting the public health agency’s workforce by 10%. The cuts, reported by multiple publications,

The agency's leadership was informed of the decision Friday in a verbal notice from the Department of Health and Human Services.

Nearly 1,300 probationary employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are being forced out under the Trump administration's move to get rid of all probationary employees, the Associated Press reported on Friday,

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is set to lose nearly 1,300 probationary employees—about 10% of its workforce—as part of a broader federal decision to remove all probationary employees from the agency.

CBS News has learned the mass firings ordered by President Trump across the federal government have now reached the Centers for Disease Control. CBS News medical contributor Dr. Celine Gounder has more.

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 administration’s move to get rid of all probationary employees.

Nearly 1,300 probationary employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — roughly one-tenth of the agency’s workforce.