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CDC staffers speak out after deadly shooting near headquarters

CDC staffers participated in a meeting on Saturday, when several workers expressed anger and fear over a deadly shooting that ...

CDC leaders call shooting targeted and deliberate as rattled staff say they felt like ‘sitting ducks’

A gunman opened fire on CDC headquarters in Atlanta, killing a police officer. The shooter may have blamed a possible illness ...

CDC leadership believes office was intended target of Friday shooting, staffer says

CBS News has learned the CDC's Atlanta campus is undergoing security reviews and managers had a virtual meeting with ...

CDC to close Monday as workers mourn officer killed in targeted shooting

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will be closed tomorrow, with employees working remotely, following a shooting ...

Authorities identify officer killed in burst of gunfire near CDC HQ, Emory University campus

A police officer was killed after authorities say an active shooter opened fire near the CDC headquarters and Emory ...

Local 2883, CDC employee union, says shooting ‘compounds months of mistreatment’ of staff

The union representing government employees at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pushed back on how ...
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Inside a crisis at the CDC: Shooting adds to trauma as workers describe projects, careers in limbo

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workers whose jobs have been reinstated after dizzying Trump administration disruptions say they remain stuck in a budgetary, political, and professional ...

Neighbors recall Kennesaw man accused in deadly CDC attack that killed DeKalb officer

Patrick White is accused of fatally shooting a DeKalb officer near the CDC on Friday; a gunfight with police ended with his ...