The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is the latest agency in the Health and Human Services Department to rehire employees who were part of department-wide layoffs.

HHS confirmed to the Washington Examiner that 450 employees are slated to return. These employees will reenter the National Center for Environmental Health, the Global Health Center, the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention, and the Immediate Office of the Director.

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214 workers are returning to work at the HIV center. President Donald Trump cut funding to the HIV effort after the Biden administration gave HHS $73.9 million in grant funding to programs aimed at either mitigating the alleged harm racism causes minorities living with HIV, according to a Washington Examiner analysis of federal spending records.

Another 158 employees will work for the NCEH. Their reinstatement will revive the Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice, which was completely shut down by the Trump administration.

“Under Secretary Kennedy’s leadership, the nation’s critical public health functions remain intact and effective,” an HHS spokesperson told the Washington Examiner in a statement. “The Trump Administration is committed to protecting essential services—whether it’s supporting coal miners and firefighters through NIOSH, safeguarding public health through lead prevention, or researching and tracking the most prevalent communicable diseases.”

The spokesperson was referring to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health temporarily rehiring 40 employees over coal miners and firefighters. Most of NIOSH’s 1,000-person workforce was laid off soon after HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy was nominated.

HHS EMPLOYEES IN CHARGE OF COAL MINER OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY TEMPORARILY REHIRED

Back in April, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. admitted that “mistakes” were made in the mass layoffs of human resources, finance, procurement, and information technology staff. Kennedy estimated that some 20% would be reinstated.

Other federal agencies have also opted to rehire employees, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Nuclear Security Administration, Food and Drug Administration, Indian Health Service, and Bonneville Power Administration. The agencies rehired only a portion of the laid-off staff.