By Andrea Shalal, Leah Douglas and Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Almost half of the probationary workers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are being forced out as President Donald Trump overhauls government agencies,

Center for Disease Control are being let go by the Trump administration, threatening public health and science.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is set to lose nearly 1,300 probationary employees—about 10% of its workforce—as part of a broader federal decision to remove all probationary employees from the agency.