Which federal agency was unable to hire replacement epidemiologists during the H5N1 bird-flu outbreak because of the hiring freeze?

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The CDC could not backfill epidemiologist and disease detective positions as staff left through the Deferred Resignation Program and terminations. By June 2025, CDC had lost nearly 3,000 employees — about 25 percent of its workforce. This happened while the H5N1 avian flu outbreak spread through dairy herds and poultry flocks, and human cases were being confirmed. The result: fewer disease investigators tracking an active outbreak. In May 2025, after advocacy from public health groups, the administration granted a limited exemption for CDC disease detective fellowship programs to prevent them from being halved.

Which federal agency was unable to hire replacement epidemiologists during the H5N1 bird-flu outbreak because of the hiring freeze?

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