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U.S.-Led Global Effort Dramatically Increases Number of People Receiving Lifesaving HIV Treatment in Less than Two Decades
A new analysis from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals that the number of people receiving lifesaving HIV treatment through PEPFAR has increased 300 times in under 20 years, from 2 ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2023/s0314-vs-hiv-treatment.html
2023-03-14T00:00:00Z

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CDC and ATSDR Staff Begin Next Steps in ACE Investigation in East Palestine, Ohio
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) are preparing for the next phase of the https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2023/p0313-chemical-exposure.html
2023-03-13T12:33:00Z

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FDA and CDC Response to the Florida Surgeon General
FDA and CDC Response to the Florida Surgeon General regarding COVID-19 vaccine safety. ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2023/p0313-letter.html
2023-03-13T00:00:00Z

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CDC Statement on President’s Fiscal Year 2024 Budget
Today, the Biden Administration released the President’s FY 2024 budget. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) budget request for FY 2024 includes $11.581 billion in discretionary bud ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2023/s0309-budget.html
2023-03-09T00:00:00Z

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New Funding Opportunities for States, Cities, and Territories to Strengthen Overdose Surveillance and Prevention Efforts
The CDC is announcing two new Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) today under its Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) program to advance the critical work that health departments and communities play ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2023/p0308-new-funding.html
2023-03-08T15:26:00Z

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Transcript: YRBS Telebriefing
Transcript for YRBS telebriefing which highlighted U.S. teen girls experiencing increased sadness and violence. ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2023/t0214-yrbs.html
2023-02-13T09:45:00Z

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U.S. Teen Girls Experiencing Increased Sadness and Violence
According to new CDC data released today, nearly 3 in 5 (57%) U.S. teen girls felt persistently sad or hopeless in 2021—double that of boys, representing a nearly 60% increase and the highest level ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2023/p0213-yrbs.html
2023-02-13T00:00:00Z

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Transcript: Black and Hispanic Patients on Dialysis Have Higher Rates of Staph Bloodstream Infections
Transcript for January Vital Signs Telebriefing: Black and Hispanic Patients on Dialysis Have Higher Rates of Staph Bloodstream Infections. ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2023/t0207-vs-staph-infection.html
2023-02-07T00:00:00Z

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Black and Hispanic Patients on Dialysis Have Higher Rates of Staph Bloodstream Infections
Adults on dialysis treatment for end-stage kidney disease were 100 times more likely to have a Staphylococcus aureus (staph) bloodstream infection than adults not on dialysis during 2017–2020, accor ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2023/s0206-vs-staph-infection.html
2023-02-06T13:07:00Z

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Whooping cough vaccination during pregnancy benefits US infants
A CDC study published today provides further evidence that Tdap vaccination during pregnancy helps protect newborns from whooping cough during their first two months of life, when they are most vulner ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2023/p0206-pertussis.html
2023-02-06T00:00:00Z

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CDC launches website to help consumers find free COVID-19 testing sites
Today CDC launched the COVID-19 Testing Locator website, which will allow consumers to search for free COVID-19 testing sites near them. ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2023/s0124-testing.html
2023-01-24T00:00:00Z

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Statement from Deirdre Lawrence Kittner, PhD, MPH, Director, CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health on the passing of Brian Hayden, Tips From Former Smokers® participant
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Brian Hayden, a participant in CDC’s Tips From Former Smokers® (Tips®) campaign and a proud military veteran, husband to his beloved wife ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2023/s0123-smoker-tips.html
2023-01-23T13:07:00Z

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Transcript for Vaccine Telebriefing
Transcript for Vaccine Telebriefing ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2023/t0113-vaccine-update.html
2023-01-18T09:19:00Z

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Ebola Outbreak Over in Uganda
The CDC joins the Government of Uganda and the global public health community in marking the end of the Ebola outbreak in Uganda. ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2023/s0111-ebola-outbreak.html
2023-01-11T08:51:00Z

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CDC Announces Negative COVID-19 Test Requirement from Air Passengers Entering the United States from the People’s Republic of China
CDC is announcing today that it will implement a requirement for a negative COVID-19 test or documentation of recovery for air passengers boarding flights to the United States originating from the Peo ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/p1228-COVID-china.html
2022-12-28T15:05:00Z

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Statement from Karen Hacker, MD, MPH, Director of CDC’s NCCDPHP, on Extended Growth Charts for Children and Adolescents with Severe Obesity
Statement from Karen Hacker, MD, MPH, Director CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion on Extended Growth Charts for Children and Adolescents with Severe Obesity ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/s1215-growth-charts.html
2022-12-15T00:00:00Z

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CDC Studies Support Mpox Vaccine as Safe and Effective
Studies show vaccinated people have substantially less risk for contracting mpox compared with those who are unvaccinated and identified no major safety concerns after nearly 1 million doses administe ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/s1208-mpox-vaccine.html
2022-12-09T00:00:00Z

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CDC Expands Updated COVID-19 Vaccines to Include Children Ages 6 Months through 5 Years
Following FDA action, today CDC expanded the use of updated (bivalent) COVID-19 vaccines for children ages 6 months through 5 years. ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/s1209-covid-vaccine.html
2022-12-09T00:00:00Z

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Transcript: CDC Media Telebriefing - Update on Respiratory Disease Circulation
Transcript for the CDC Media Telebriefing : Update on Respiratory Disease Circulation. Experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Medical Association will discuss the ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/t1208-Respiratory-Disease-Circulation.html
2022-12-08T13:57:00Z

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CDC/ATSDR Updates Guidelines for Examining Unusual Patterns of Cancer and Environmental Concerns
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (CDC/ATSDR) has released updated guidance to help state, tribal, local, and territorial publi ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/s1208-cancer-environment.html
2022-12-08T13:49:00Z

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CDC Media Telebriefing: Update on Respiratory Disease Circulation
Experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Medical Association will discuss the latest information about respiratory disease circulation and highlight the beginning o ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/a1205-Respiratory-Disease-Circulation.html
2022-12-05T09:19:00Z

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COVID-19 disruptions in HIV testing and prevention highlight need for innovation and investment before the next public health emergency
The nation’s ability to prevent HIV was dealt a hard blow early in the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new CDC analysis published today, on World AIDS Day: Putting Ourselves to the Test: Achieving ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/s1201-HIV-COVID-19.html
2022-12-01T13:56:00Z

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CDC planning wastewater testing for polio in select communities
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will strategically expand wastewater testing for poliovirus in select jurisdictions across the country. ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/p1130-polio.html
2022-11-30T13:09:00Z

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CDC Awards More Than $3 Billion to Improve U.S. Public Health Workforce and Infrastructure
Today, CDC is awarding $3.2 billion to help state, local, and territorial jurisdictions across the United States strengthen their public health workforce ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/p1129-cdc-infrastructure.html
2022-11-29T13:18:00Z

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Nearly 40 million children are dangerously susceptible to growing measles threat
In 2021, a record high of nearly 40 million children missed a measles vaccine dose: 25 million children missed their first dose and an additional 14.7 million children missed their second dose, a join ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/p1123-measles-threat.html
2022-11-23T13:06:00Z

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More than 3 Million Youth Reported Using a Tobacco Product in 2022
A study released today from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that 3.08 million (11.3%) U.S. middle and high school studen ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/p1110-youth-tobaco.html
2022-11-10T13:00:00Z

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Transcript for Telebriefing: Updated Clinical Practice Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Pain
Transcript for Telebriefing: Updated Clinical Practice Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Pain ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/t1109-prescribing-opioids.html
2022-11-09T11:51:00Z

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CDC Media Telebriefing: Update on Respiratory Disease Circulation Transcript
UAB and thank you all for joining us today to discuss what we are seeing with respiratory diseases and what people can do to prevent their spread. ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/t1104-update-respiratory-disease-circulation.html
2022-11-04T00:00:00Z

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CDC Releases UPDATED Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is releasing updated and expanded recommendations for clinicians providing pain care for adult outpatients with short- and long-term pain. ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/p1103-Prescribing-Opioids.html
2022-11-03T14:32:00Z

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Update on CDC Director and COVID-19
CDC Director Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky experienced mild symptoms from her recent COVID-19 infection, completed a course of Paxlovid, and, after a period of isolation, tested negative for the virus. ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/s1031-covid-19-cdc-director.html
2022-10-31T11:50:00Z

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Annual Report to the Nation: Cancer deaths continue downward trend; modest improvements in survival for pancreatic cancer
Overall cancer death rates continued to decline among men, women, children, and adolescents and young adults in every major racial and ethnic group in the United States from 2015 to 2019, according to ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/p1027-annual-cancer-report.html
2022-10-27T08:27:00Z

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CDC Director Tests Positive For COVID-19
Last night, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky tested positive for COVID-19. She is up to date with her vaccines. Dr. Walensky is experiencing mild symptoms. ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/s1022-covid-director.html
2022-10-22T14:10:00Z

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ACIP Immunization Schedule Vote
Today, CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended updates to the 2023 childhood and adult immunization schedul ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/s1020-immunization-vote.html
2022-10-20T14:58:00Z

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CDC Allows Novavax Monovalent COVID-19 Boosters for Adults Ages 18 and Older
Today, CDC’s Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., signed a decision memo allowing Novavax monovalent COVID-19 boosters for adults. ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/s1019-novavax.html
2022-10-19T16:15:00Z

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CDC Allows Novavax Monovalent COVID-19 Boosters for Adults Ages 18 and Older
Today, CDC’s Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., signed a decision memo allowing Novavax monovalent COVID-19 boosters for adults. ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/s1019-novavax.html
2022-10-19T00:00:00Z

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Inequities Found in Flu Vaccine Uptake
Black, Hispanic, and American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) adults in the United States are more likely to be hospitalized with flu, as well as less likely to be vaccinated against flu, according to a ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/s1018-vs-flu-vaccine.html
2022-10-18T13:00:00Z

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The U.S. Response to Ebola Outbreaks in Uganda
The Uganda Ministry of Health (MOH) announced the first positive case of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Uganda in 2022 caused by Sudan virus (species Sudan ebolavirus) on September 20. ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/s1018-ebola-outbreaks-uganda.html
2022-10-18T00:00:00Z

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New Vital Signs Report: People from some racial/ethnic minority groups are more likely to be hospitalized with flu
Black, Hispanic, and American Indian/Alaska Native adults in the United States are more likely to be hospitalized with flu, as well as less likely to be vaccinated against flu, according to a new CDC ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/a1014-vs-flu-vaccination.html
2022-10-14T00:00:00Z

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CDC Expands Updated COVID-19 Vaccines to Include Children Ages 5 Through 11
CDC Expands Updated COVID-19 Vaccines to Children Ages 5 Through 11. ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/s1012-COVID-19-Vaccines.html
2022-10-12T13:02:00Z

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ATSDR Announces Notice of Funding Opportunity for APPLETREE Program
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a federal public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is pleased to announce a new notice of funding opportu ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/s1007-appletree.html
2022-10-07T15:21:00Z

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More than 2.5 Million Youth Reported E-Cigarette Use in 2022
A study released today from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that 2.55 million U.S. middle and high school students reported c ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/p1007-e-cigarette-use.html
2022-10-06T00:00:00Z

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Transcript for Vital Signs Telebriefing: Children with sickle cell anemia are at risk for stroke and other complications
Transcript for Vital Signs Telebriefing: Children with sickle cell anemia are at risk for stroke and other complications, which took place on September 20, 2022. ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/t1005-vs-sickle-cell-anemia.html
2022-10-05T00:00:00Z

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CDC Releases Data on Chronic Diseases and Related Risk Factors
2021 data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) are now available through CDC’s easy-to-use web-based tool. ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/a0927-BRFSS-2021.html
2022-09-27T14:41:00Z

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Number of States with High Rates of Adult Obesity More Than Doubles
Nineteen states and two territories have at least 35% of residents with adult obesity - more than doubling the number of states with a high obesity prevalence since 2018 - according to data from the C ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/p0927-states-obesity.html
2022-09-27T10:11:00Z

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Many Children with Sickle Cell Anemia Not Receiving Lifesaving Screening and Treatment
In 2019, less than half of children aged 2–16 years with sickle cell anemia received the recommended screening for stroke, a common complication of the disease, according to a new CDC Vital Signs re ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/s0920-vs-sickle-cell-anemia.html
2022-09-20T00:00:00Z

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CDC announces $90M funding to support Pathogen Genomics Centers of Excellence (PGCoE) network
Today, CDC announced 5-year awards to five state public health departments. The awards will establish the Pathogen Genomics Centers of Excellence (PGCoE) network. ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/p0920-PGCoE-network.html
2022-09-20T00:00:00Z

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Four in 5 pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. are preventable
More than 80% of pregnancy-related deaths were preventable, according to 2017-2019 data from Maternal Mo ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/p0919-pregnancy-related-deaths.html
2022-09-19T10:17:00Z

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New Vital Signs Report: Children with sickle cell anemia are at risk for stroke and other complications
Sickle cell anemia, a blood disorder that primarily affects Black and African American people, can cause severe pain and shorten life expectancy by more than 20 years. Yet, few children with the disea ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/a0920-vs-sickle-cell-anemia.html
2022-09-19T00:00:00Z

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CDC opening applications for Mpox Vaccine Equity Pilot Program
Today, local, state, and territorial health departments, as well as tribal governments and local non-governmental organizations, can partner together and begin submitting requests to access mpox vacci ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/p0915-mpx-vaccine-equity.html
2022-09-15T10:48:00Z

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United States confirmed as country with circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus
CDC today announced that polioviruses found in New York, both from the case of paralytic polio in an unvaccinated adult in Rockland County and in several wastewater samples from communities near the p ...

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/s0913-polio.html
2022-09-13T00:00:00Z

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