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• CDC Media Telebriefing: Update on Respiratory Disease Circulation December 5, 2022
  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 of National Influenza Vaccination Week.
• COVID-19 disruptions in HIV testing and prevention highlight need for innovation and investment before the next public health emergency December 1, 2022
  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 Equity to End HIV. A rapid rebound in services, however, is a testament to quick, resourceful local innovations that, if scaled […]
• CDC planning wastewater testing for polio in select communities November 30, 2022
  The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will strategically expand wastewater testing for poliovirus in select jurisdictions across the country.
• CDC Awards More Than $3 Billion to Improve U.S. Public Health Workforce and Infrastructure November 29, 2022
  Today, CDC is awarding $3.2 billion to help state, local, and territorial jurisdictions across the United States strengthen their public health workforce and infrastructure.
• Nearly 40 million children are dangerously susceptible to growing measles threat November 23, 2022
  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 joint publication by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports.
• More than 3 Million Youth Reported Using a Tobacco Product in 2022 November 10, 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 students reported current (past 30-day) use of any tobacco product in 2022, which includes 2.51 million (16.5%) high school students and 530,000 (4.5%) […]
• Transcript for Telebriefing: Updated Clinical Practice Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Pain November 9, 2022
  Transcript for Telebriefing: Updated Clinical Practice Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Pain
• CDC Media Telebriefing: Update on Respiratory Disease Circulation Transcript November 4, 2022
  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.
• CDC Releases UPDATED Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain November 3, 2022
  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.
• Update on CDC Director and COVID-19 October 31, 2022
  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.