The departures were announced at a meeting of agency senior leaders. The Atlanta-based CDC has two dozen centers and offices. The heads of five of them are stepping down, and that follows three other departures in recent weeks. This means close to a third of the agency’s top management is leaving or left recently.

Officials say this means nearly one third of the agency’s top management has either left recently or are leaving.

High-Level CDC Officials Are Leaving in the Latest Turmoil for the Public Health Agency NEW YORK (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was rocked by five high-level departures on Tuesday in the latest turmoil for the nation's top public health agency.