CDC workers with disabilities can no longer work remotely, documents show

Source: USA Today

Updated Sept. 18, 2025, 8:00 p.m. ET


Employees with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will no longer be allowed to work from home, even if they previously were able to do so as part of reasonable accommodations for a disability or medical issue, according to internal documents shared with USA TODAY.

Approved employees with qualifying disabilities and medical issues were previously allowed to work from home for the Department of Health and Human Services and CDC if their condition demanded or justified it. However, under the new HHS policy outlined in an email shared with USA TODAY, even those with qualifying conditions will still be required to attend work in person.

In an email sent to senior CDC leadership on Sept. 15, the CDC’s Office of Human Resources said it was “awaiting further clarity” on a new HHS telework policy that excluded long-term telework, including for those with reasonable accommodations.

“Until that time,” said the email, “all approvals for long-term telework, to include reasonable accommodation (RA) long-term telework, are paused until further notice.”

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/18/cdc-employees-disabilities-remote-work/86201779007/

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Notice how they "disappeared" the RW antivaxxer loon who shot up a CDC building on their campus, out of the news? Recall it took them forever to even identify him and show his picture. I wonder why?