(CNN) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suffered another round of deep staff cuts late Friday, with disease detectives, outbreak forecasters, policy and data offices among those impacted, according to four sources with knowledge of the layoffs.

“The administration did not like that CDC data did not support their narrative, so they got rid of them. They didn’t like that CDC policy groups would not rubber stamp their unscientific ideas, so they got rid of them,” according to an agency official who asked to not be named for fear of losing their job.

The fresh round of firings came after a month after US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called for “new blood” at the agency.

“It’s imperative that we remove officials with conflicts of interest and ca

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