OPERATOR: WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR STANDING BY.AT THIS TIME, ALL THE PARTICIPANTS ARE ON LISTEN-ONLY MODE UNTIL OUR QUESTION-AND-ANSWER SESSION. DURING OUR QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION, ALL CALLERS ARE ABLE TO ASK ONE QUESTION AND ONE FOLLOWUP. TODAY’S CONFERENCE IS BEING RECORDED. IF YOU HAVE ANY OBJECTION, YOU MAY DISCONNECT, AT THIS TIME.AND NOW,..

A CDC food safety alert regarding a multistate outbreak of Listeria infections linked to Hispanic-style fresh and soft cheeses has been posted: https://www.cdc.gov/listeria/outbreaks/hispanic-soft-cheese-02-21/index.html Key points: CDC, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and state officials are investigating an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections that has sickened seven people in four states (Connecticut, Maryland, New..

WhatThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Department of Education will provide an update to media on new science-based resources and tools to help schools safely reopen and stay open for in-person learning. WhoRochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, Director, Centers for Disease Control and PreventionDonna Harris-Aikens, JD, Senior Advisor for Policy and..

###U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICESexternal icon CDC works 24/7 protecting America’s health, safety and security. Whether disease start at home or abroad, are curable or preventable, chronic or acute, or from human activity or deliberate attack, CDC responds to America’s most pressing health threats. CDC is headquartered in Atlanta and has experts located..

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to surge in the United States, CDC is implementing provisions of President Biden’s Executive Order on Promoting COVID-19 Safety in Domestic and International Travel and will require the wearing of masks by all travelers into, within, or out of the United States, e.g., on airplanes, ships, ferries, trains, subways, buses,..

CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky signed an extension to the order determining the evictions of tenants for failure to make rent or housing payments could be detrimental to public health control measures to slow the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. This extension will carry this order that was scheduled to expire January..

New data published by the CDC estimate that on any given day in 2018, 1 in 5 people in the U.S. had a sexually transmitted infection (STI). The analyses, published in the journal Sexually Transmitted Diseasesexternal icon, show the burden of diagnosed and undiagnosed STIs in the U.S. and the estimated medical costs associated with..

As a protective public health measure, I will extend the current order temporarily halting residential evictions until at least March 31, 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic has presented a historic threat to our nation’s health. It has also triggered a housing affordability crisis that disproportionately affects some communities. Despite extensive mitigation efforts, COVID-19 continues to spread..