More than 750 HHS employees sent a signed letter to members of Congress and Health Secretary RFK Jr., calling on him to stop spreading misinformation.

More than 750 current and former staffers at the US Health and Human Services implored Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in a letter Wednesday to “stop spreading inaccurate health information” after a shooter fired hundreds of rounds at the headquarters of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention earlier this month.

More than 750 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services staff have urged Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to guarantee federal health workers’ safety following a shooting this month at the U.S. CDC,

More than 750 federal health employees are urging HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to stop spreading falsehoods

They also said his statements and actions had sowed mistrust in public institutions that contributed to the recent shooting at the CDC.

The letter comes on the heels of the Aug. 8 shooting at the CDC, in which a gunman shot nearly 500 rounds at the CDC headquarters killed a DeKalb County police officer.