Labcorp To Begin Monkeypox Testing Today, Doubling Nationwide Testing Capacity
Starting today, Labcorp will begin testing for monkeypox using CDC’s orthopoxvirus test (which detects all non-smallpox related orthopoxviruses, including monkeypox).
CDC Investigation Notice: CDC Investigates New Listeria Outbreak
People at high risk should seek health care if symptomatic.
CDC Director Adopts Preference for Specific Flu Vaccines for Seniors
CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., adopted the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) recommendation to preferentially recommend the use of specific flu vaccines for adults 65 years and older, including higher dose and adjuvanted flu vaccines.
CDC Activates Emergency Operations Center for Monkeypox Response
Today, CDC continues to lean forward with an aggressive public health response to the monkeypox outbreak by activating its Emergency Operations Center (EOC).
CDC Recommends Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine for Children and Adolescents
Today, CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., endorsed the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) recommendation that Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine be used as an option for children ages 6 through 17 years.
HIV Testing Dropped Sharply Among Key Groups During First Year of COVID-19 Pandemic
New CDC data published ahead of National HIV Testing Day (Monday, June 27) show a sharp decrease in the number of CDC-funded HIV tests administered in health care and non-health-care settings (43% and 50%, respectively) from 2019 to 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
CDC Assists with Meningococcal Disease Outbreak Investigation in Florida
<span>The <span>Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues its collaboration with the Florida Department of Health to investigate one of the worst outbreaks of meningococcal disease among gay and bisexual men in U.S. history. At least 24 cases and 7 deaths among gay and bisexual men have been reported.</span></span>
CDC Recommends COVID-19 Vaccines for Young Children
Today, CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., endorsed the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) recommendation that all children 6 months through 5 years of age should receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
CDC Rescinds Order Requiring Negative Pre-Departure COVID-19 Test Prior to Flight to the US
Today, CDC is announcing that the Order requiring persons to show a negative COVID-19 test result or documentation of recovery from COVID-19 before boarding a flight to the United States, will be rescinded, effective on June 12, 2022 at 12:01AM ET.
CDC Media Alert: Backyard poultry contact linked to more than 200 Salmonella illnesses in 2022
A CDC investigation notice regarding multistate outbreaks of <em>Salmonella</em> infections has been posted: <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/backyardpoultry-06-22/index.html">https://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/backyardpoultry-06-22/index.html</a>