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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Matthew Perrone

FDA moves to rehire medical device staffers fired only days earlier

Trump-FDA Workers - (Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Barely a week after mass firings at the Food and Drug Administration, some probationary staffers received unexpected news over the weekend: The government wants them back.

Beginning Friday night, FDA employees overseeing medical devices and other key areas received calls and emails notifying them that their recent terminations had been “rescinded effective immediately,” according to messages viewed by The Associated Press.

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