Employees With Medical Conditions Challenge C.D.C. In-Office Requirement

The health agency has been particularly strict in abolishing at-home work, overriding accommodations that were granted years before the pandemic.Katie Schenk, an infectious disease epidemiologist, was hired as a remote C.D.C. employee in 2024 and lost her telework accommodation. After trying in vain to get it back she quit the agency in frustration in February.