Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) is the only major daily newspaper in the metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It is the flagship publication of Cox Enterprises.
President Donald Trump and DOGE office leader Elon Musk have said they are rooting out waste, fraud and abuse in government. But public health experts have said the cuts could represent generational damage to health research and the elimination of infectious diseases. It will also have particular impact on metro Atlanta, as thousands of CDC employees work out of the agency’s two campuses and lend support to state and local public health officials. The firings began Tuesday for employees across the entire U.S. Health and Human Services Department, of which...