CDC Directs Some Fired Workers to Return to Work, Apologizes for Disruption

The email sent to staff members directs them to ’read this email immediately.’

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta, Ga., on April 23, 2020. (Tami Chappell/AFP via Getty Images

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) called back some recently terminated employees on March 5 and apologized for “any disruption” caused by recent layoffs at the federal health agency.

A message to some CDC employees was sent with the subject line, “Read this e-mail immediately.”