The union president for workers at the CDC said she got news from employees, but didn't know the exact day a representative visited the headquarters.

(FOX 5) FOX 5 Atlanta reached out to both the CDC, who referred us to the Department of Health and Human Services, and the union that represents many of the employees of the CDC for confirmation ...

The CDC has gradually restarted some communications and reports, but the silencing of MMWR, as it it known, prompted a chorus of concern from public health leaders and some legislators.