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• Media Statement from Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, CDC Director and ATSDR Administrator
  Today, Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, officially begins her post as the 19th director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the ninth administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). U.S. President Joe Biden selected Dr. Walensky to lead the agency in December. Dr. Walensky comes to CDC […]
• CDC Expands Negative COVID-19 Test Requirement to All Air Passengers Entering the United States
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expanding the requirement for a negative COVID-19 test to all air passengers entering the United States.
• HHS Announces $22 Billion in Funding to Support Expanded Testing, Vaccination Distribution
  The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced two upcoming actions by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide more than $22 billion in funding to states, localities, and territories in support of the nation’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as directed by the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations […]
• Transcript: CDC Update on COVID-19
  CDC works 24/7 saving lives, protecting people from health threats, and saving money to have a more secure nation. A US federal agency, CDC helps make the healthy choice the easy choice by putting science and prevention into action. CDC works to help people live longer, healthier and more productive lives.
• CDC Media Telebriefing: Update on COVID-19
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will provide an update to media on the COVID-19 response.
• Transcript: CDC Update on COVID-19
  CDC works 24/7 saving lives, protecting people from health threats, and saving money to have a more secure nation. A US federal agency, CDC helps make the healthy choice the easy choice by putting science and prevention into action. CDC works to help people live longer, healthier and more productive lives.
• CDC Media Telebriefing: Update on COVID-19
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will provide an update to media on the COVID-19 response.
• CDC 2020 in Review
  In 2020 CDC worked around the clock – and around the globe – to protect Americans from health threats. While the COVID-19 pandemic has dominated the news, a number of other public health and scientific advancements are worth highlighting.
• CDC to Require Negative COVID-19 Test for Air Travelers from the United Kingdom to the U.S.
  Today, President Trump is taking another step to protect the health of the American people by requiring air passengers arriving from the United Kingdom (U.K.) to test negative, via PCR or Antigen test, no more than 72 hours before departure from the U.K. to the United States.
• Media Statement from CDC Director Robert R. Redfield on Vaccine Milestone
  The United States achieved an early but important milestone today – jurisdictions have now reported that more than 1 million people have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine since administration began 10 days ago.
• Overdose Deaths Accelerating During COVID-19
  Over 81,000 drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States in the 12 months ending in May 2020, the highest number of overdose deaths ever recorded in a 12-month period, according to recent provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
• Tobacco Product Use Down Among Youths in 2020
  A report out today from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in collaboration with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), found that current tobacco product use declined among U.S. middle and high school students from 2019 to 2020—driven by decreases in e-cigarette, cigar, and smokeless tobacco use. However, the National Youth Tobacco Survey […]
• Media Statement from CDC Director Robert R. Redfield on Signing the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ recommendation to use Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in people 16 and older
  CDC works 24/7 saving lives, protecting people from health threats, and saving money to have a more secure nation. A US federal agency, CDC helps make the healthy choice the easy choice by putting science and prevention into action. CDC works to help people live longer, healthier and more productive lives.
• CDC expands local area health estimates to include data for the entire U.S. New PLACES data help inform local health decisions
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced the expansion of the 500 Cities Project, a 2016 initiative to provide city- and neighborhood-level health estimates for a large portion of the nation’s population. The project is being renamed PLACES, and now provides Population Level Analysis and Community Estimates to the entire United States […]
• CDC Statement Regarding ACIP Recommendations
  CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield would like to thank the ACIP for all of their work in crafting these recommendations as interim guidance that both 1) health care personnel and 2) residents of long-term care facilities be offered COVID-19 vaccine in the initial phase of the vaccination program.  Dr. Redfield supports their recommendations and has signed […]
• Transcript for CDC Telebriefing on the COVID-19 Outbreak
  Transcript for the CDC Telebriefing on the COVID-19 Outbreak, November 19, 2020.
• CDC MEDIA TELEBRIEFING: Update on COVID-19
  CDC works 24/7 saving lives, protecting people from health threats, and saving money to have a more secure nation. A US federal agency, CDC helps make the healthy choice the easy choice by putting science and prevention into action. CDC works to help people live longer, healthier and more productive lives.
• Media Statement from CDC Director Robert R. Redfield, M.D., in Observance of World AIDS Day 2020
  World AIDS Day presents an important moment to pause, and acknowledge the innovation of the community that has been crucial to fighting disruptions to HIV care, treatment, and prevention efforts that are underway around the world.
• Transcript for CDC Telebriefing on the COVID-19 Outbreak
  Transcript for the CDC Telebriefing on the COVID-19 Outbreak, November 19, 2020.
• 50.6 Million U.S. Adults Currently Use Tobacco Products
  Findings from a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report released today show that approximately 1 in 5 U.S. adults reported currently using a tobacco product in 2019, with about 80% of those adults reporting that they use combustible products such as cigarettes.