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

Nearly 1,300 probationary employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are being forced out under the Trump administration's move to get rid of all probationary employees, the Associated Press reported on Friday,

The Trump administration is laying off 1,300 employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shrinking the public health agency as part of an effort to cut costs across the federal government.