Today, the Biden Administration released the President’s FY 2023 budget. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) budget request for FY 2023 includes $10.675 billion in discretionary budget authority, Public Health Service evaluation funds, and Prevention and Public Health Funds, which is $2.3 billion over the FY 2022 appropriation.

In the United States, reported tuberculosis (TB) disease diagnoses fell 20% in 2020 and remained 13% lower in 2021 than TB disease diagnoses made prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to preliminary CDC data published today.

COVID-19 vaccination continues to help protect adults against severe illness with COVID-19, including hospitalizations and death, according to two reports released in today’s <em>MMWR</em>.

<a href="https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7111a1.htm?s_cid=mm7111a1_w">Findings</a> from a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) <em>Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report </em>released today show decreases in the use of commercial tobacco products overall, combustible tobacco products, cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and two or more tobacco products among U.S. adults from 2019 to 2020.

Title 42 Termination with Respect to Unaccompanied Noncitizen Children

CDC has updated the COVID-19 Community Level at <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/covid-by-county.html">https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/covid-by-county.html</a>.  As of March 10, 2022, more than 98% of the U.S. population is in a location with low or medium COVID-19 Community Level.

At CDC’s recommendation, TSA will extend the security directive for mask use on public transportation and transportation hubs for one month, through April 18th.

The 2021 National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) was conducted among U.S. middle and high school students during the COVID-19 pandemic and revealed that youth tobacco use remains a serious public health concern. About 2.55 million U.S. middle and high school students reported current (past 30-day) use of a tobacco product in 2021, according to <a..

CDC just updated the COVID-19 Community Level. As of March 3 more than 90% of the U.S. population is in a location with low or medium COVID-19 Community Level

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/campaign/tips/index.html?s_cid=OSH_misc_M358"><em>Tips From Former Smokers</em>^®</a><em> (Tips^®) </em>campaign, now celebrating its 10^th anniversary, returns today with new ads encouraging people who smoke to quit.