Donald Trump's administration is walking back about half of a reported 1,000 health agency cuts.
MSNBC senior reporter Brandy Zadrozny was on air on Saturday when she broke the news, saying she had received a call from an official from HHS "literally five minutes" prior to going on. The cuts were previously reported.
After explaining the wide-ranging cuts, she said, "However literally just fiveminutes ago, I got a call froman HHS official that said, oops,we didn't actually mean to dothat."
"Soabout 50% of those people arejust any moment now about toget notices that say, y'all cancome back, actually," the journalist said on Saturday. "They're going to be rehired, literally."
The reversal was confirmed by Washington Post reporter Lena Sun, who said on social media, "BREAKING: Some of the layoffs at CDC are being REVERSED."