A group of more than a dozen Democratic senators is asking the Trump administration to rehire a team of scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) dedicated to conducting research on in vitro fertilization (IVF), which it disbanded in April.

The Department of Government Efficiency’s mass layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have gutted maternal and reproductive health programs.

Last month, the HHS laid off 10,000 people, a move that included the CDC’s six-person Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Surveillance team.

CDC’s ART Surveillance team has collected and analyzed information on nearly every IVF procedure performed in the U.S., including patient demographics and........

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