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A little-known HHS agency may face big layoffs, FDA employees return to the office, and more in today's D.C. Diagnosis newsletter.

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Meet me at White Oak
Most FDA employees were required to return to work in person by Monday. Hotel stays, office confusion, and questions about the potability of office water ensued, as Lizzy Lawrence reports from the agency’s main campus in White Oak, an area of Silver Spring, Md.